Omobranchus steinitzi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea.[2]
| Omobranchus steinitzi | |
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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. steinitzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Omobranchus steinitzi V. G. Springer & M. F. Gomon, 1975
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Size edit
This species reaches a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL.[3]
Etymology edit
The species is named after the Israeli marine biologist Heinz Steinitz.[4] (1909-1971), Hebrew University (Jerusalem), for his contributions to marine biology.[5]
References edit
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus steinitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342141A48346367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342141A48346367.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Springer, V.G., J.T. Williams and T.M. Orrell, 1991. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2: Blenniidae. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 519:28.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus steinitzi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Archived from the original on 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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