Axoclinus rubinoffi

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Axoclinus rubinoffi
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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. [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]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Axoclinus rubinoffi". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  3. ↑ 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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