Lupinoblennius paivai, Paiva's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to a small area Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina where its habitat is the tidal reaches of coastal streams and small rivers.[1] This species can grow to a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.[3] The specific name honours the Brazilian oceanographer João de Paiva Carvalho (1903-1961) of the Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo in recognition of his cooperation with Pinto.[4]
| Lupinoblennius paivai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Lupinoblennius |
| Species: | L. paivai
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lupinoblennius paivai (S. Y. Pinto, 1958)
| |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
References edit
- ^ a b Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2020). "Lupinoblennius paivai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T185152A176626567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T185152A176626567.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Synonyms of Lupinoblnnius paivai at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Lupinoblennius paivai" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
 | This Blenniidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |