Chaenopsis stephensi

Chaenopsis stephensi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Chaenopsis
Species:	C. stephensi
Binomial name
Chaenopsis stephensi C. R. Robins & J. E. Randall, 1965

Chaenopsis stephensi is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Venezuela and Yucatan, Mexico, in the western central Atlantic ocean. ^[2] The specific name honours the environmental biologist John S. Stephens, Jr. ^[3]

References

• Robins, C. R. and J. E. Randall 1965 (28 Oct.) Three new western Atlantic fishes of the blennioid genus Chaenopsis, with notes on the related Lucayablennius zingaro. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 117 (no. 6): 213–234.

1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Chaenopsis stephensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T47142337A48392613. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47142337A48392613.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaenopsis stephensi". FishBase . February 2013 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2019.