Robert's blenny, Omobranchus robertsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
| Omobranchus robertsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Omobranchus |
| Species: | O. robertsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Omobranchus robertsi V. G. Springer, 1981
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The specific name honours Tyson R. Roberts (b. 1940), the American ichthyologist, who collected the type specimen and made it available to the author.[4]
References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2017). "Omobranchus robertsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48342358A117534644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48342358A117534644.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Omobranchus robertsi". 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 7 April 2019.
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