Enneapterygius larsonae

Enneapterygius larsonae, known commonly as the Western Australian black-head triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by the German ichthyologist Ronald Fricke in 1994.[3] The specific name honours Helen K. Larson, the Curator of Fishes at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, Australia, who collected the type.[4]

Enneapterygius larsonae

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Enneapterygius
Species:
E. larsonae
Binomial name
Enneapterygius larsonae
Fricke, 1994

References

  1. Williams, J. & Holleman, W. (2014). "Enneapterygius larsonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179019A1560035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179019A1560035.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius larsonae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Enneapterygius larsonae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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