Antennablennius simonyi

Antennablennius simonyi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Antennablennius
Species:	A. simonyi
Binomial name
Antennablennius simonyi (Steindachner, 1902)
Synonyms
Salarias simonyiSteindachner, 1902 Antennablennius girad Fraser-Brunner, 1951

Antennablennius simonyi, Simony's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf. ^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The specific name honours the Austrian mathematician and entomologist Oskar Simony (1852-1915), who looked after the collection of fish specimen on an expedition to Socotra on which the type was collected. ^[4]

References

1. Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Hastings, P.A. (2014). "Antennablennius simonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T46079290A46664374. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46079290A46664374.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antennablennius simonyi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. 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 26 February 2019.