| Cirripectes gilberti | |
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| Holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Cirripectes |
| Species: | C. gilberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirripectes gilberti J. T. Williams, 1988 | |
Cirripectes gilberti is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 9.3 centimetres (3.7 in) SL. [2]
The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Carter R. Gilbert of the Florida Museum of Natural History. [3]
Haplochromis gilberti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. The specific name honours Michael Gilbert who was the Experimental Fisheries Officer at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation.
Zoramia gilberti is a Cardinalfish from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 4.2 cm in length. It is found in sheltered bays and lagoons, where it gathers in large aggregations among branching corals, frequently mixed with other cardinalfish species. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Charles H. Gilbert (1859-1928) of Stanford University who was a colleague of Jordan's.
Cilus, is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the croakers and drums. Its only species is Cilus gilberti, the corvina or corvina drum, which is found mostly tropical to temperate coastal waters of the southeastern Pacific along Central and South America. The corvina is highly prized in South America as a food fish.
Blennius normani is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) SL. The specific name honours the British ichthyologist John Roxborough Norman (1898-1944) of the British Museum.
Cirripectes alleni, the Kimberley blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Australia. This species reaches a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen.
Cirripectes hutchinsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean, around western Australia. This species reaches a length of 10.6 centimetres (4.2 in) SL. The specific name honours the curator of fish at the Western Australian Museum in Perth, Barry Hutchins.
Cirripectes jenningsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific Ocean, from the Gilbert Islands to the Tuamotu Islands. This species reaches a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL. The specific name honours the Alexander Jennings who was the manager of Swains Island, one of the Phoenix Islands in American Samoa, where Schultz collected the type.
Cirripectes randalli is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 10.7 centimetres (4.2 in) SL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist John E. Randall of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
Cirripectes springeri, Springer's blenny or the spotted eyelash blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the United States National Museum who has worked extensively on blennies.
Hypleurochilus springeri, the orange-spotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.
Hypsoblennius gilberti, commonly known as the rockpool blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 17 centimetres (6.7 in) TL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Charles H. Gilbert (1859–1928).
Mimoblennius cas is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, around Comoros. This species grows to a length of 3.2 centimetres (1.3 in) SL. The specific name is an acronym which stands for the California Academy of Sciences where the holotype and paratypes are retained.
Omobranchus smithi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
The longstriped blenny is a species of combtooth blenny found in the northeast Atlantic off Portugal, also known from the northern Mediterranean. This species reaches a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. The identity of the person honoured by the specific name of this species was not specified but is thought to be the French painter and naturalist Jean Louis Florent Polydore Roux (1792-1833).
Clinus helenae, the Helen's klipfish, is a species of clinid that occurs in subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean around South Africa where it is a denizen of tide pools. This species can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The identity of the person honoured in the matronym in this species' specific name is thought to be J.L.B. Smith's mother-in-law Helen Evelyn Zondagh (1877-1951).
Ophiclinus gabrieli, the Frosted snake-blenny, is a species of clinid native to Amphibolis seagrass in the coastal waters of southern Australia. It can reach a maximum length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. The specific name honours the Australian pharmacist and conchologist Charles John Gabriel (1879-1963), the collector of the type.
The Gulf Coast pygmy sunfish, Elassoma gilberti, is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to Florida, United States. This species can reach 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in standard length.
The Gilbert's garden eel, also known as the Gilbert's conger and the sharpnose conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Congrellus. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia. It is a benthic and nocturnal species, and inhabits sand flats in reefs, bays and coves at a depth range of 1–100 metres. It burrows into sand during the day and emerges to forage during the night. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres.
Ferrer's goby is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters inhabiting areas with sandy substrates. This species grows to a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus. The specific name honours Jaume Ferrer Aledo (1854-1956), a pharmacist and amateur ichthyologist who studied the fish fauna in the Balearic Islands.
Cirripectes heemstraorum, the yellowtail blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the family Blenniidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean where it is known from three South African specimens and an Indonesian specimen. It is distinguished from its congeners by the nape having an extensive black flap on both sides of its neck; 10-13 cirri which are found between the neck flaps; an entire dorsal fin; 5-6 cirri above the eye, 6-8 cirri on the nose; the males have small dark spots on their body towards the tail which merge to form short black stripes on caudal peduncle, in life the females have a brilliant yellow caudal fin while in the males only the outer half of the tail is bright yellow.
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