Parahypsos

Parahypsos
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Parahypsos Bath, 1982
Species:	P. piersoni
Binomial name
Parahypsos piersoni (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Synonyms
Hypsoblennius piersoniGilbert & Starks, 1904

Parahypsos piersoni is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Costa Rica to Peru. ^[2] The specific name honours C.J. Pierson, who was a member of the expedition to Panama on which the type was collected. ^[3]

References

1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Parahypsos piersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T183907A8197835. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183907A8197835.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parahypsos piersoni". FishBase . February 2013 version.
3. 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 19 March 2019.