Axoclinus rubinoffi, known commonly as Rubinoff's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny.[2] This species is endemic to Malpelo Island in the eastern Pacific off Colombia.[1] The specific name of this fish honours the American marine biologist Ira Rubinoff (b. 1938), Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.[3]
| Axoclinus rubinoffi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Axoclinus |
| Species: | A. rubinoffi
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| Binomial name | |
| Axoclinus rubinoffi Allen & Robertson, 1992
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References edit
- ^ a b Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Bessudo, S. (2010). "Axoclinus rubinoffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183612A8144526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183612A8144526.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Axoclinus rubinoffi" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ 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 7 May 2019.
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