Axoclinus rubinoffi | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Tripterygiidae |
Genus: | Axoclinus |
Species: | A. rubinoffi |
Binomial name | |
Axoclinus rubinoffi Allen & Robertson, 1992 |
Axoclinus rubinoffi, known commonly as Rubinoff's triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. This species is endemic to Malpelo Island in the eastern Pacific off Colombia. The specific name of this fish honours the American marine biologist Ira Rubinoff (b. 1938), Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
References
- ^ 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.). "Axoclinus rubinoffi". 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Axoclinus rubinoffi |
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