Selene brevoortii, the hairfin look down, also known as the airfin lookdown, Mexican lookdown or Pacific lookdown, is a species of carangid fish native to warmer parts of the East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru. This species is generally found close to the coast at depths of less than 50 m (160 ft). They grow to 38 cm (15 in) in fork length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, but is popular as a gamefish. Its specific name honours the American book collector, numismatist, amateur naturalist and friend of Theodore N. Gills J. Carson Brevoort (1817-1887) for his interest in the fishes of the family Carangidae.
Aspidontus dussumieri, the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The specific name honours the French explorer and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).
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.
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.
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.
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).
Zvonimir's blenny is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL. The identity of the person honoured in the specific name is uncertain but is thought to be the Medieval King of Croatia and Dalmatia Demetrius Zvonimir who reigned from 1075 to 1089 probably in allusion to the area where the type was collected.
Petroscirtes pylei, the twilight fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean, around Fiji. This species reaches a length of 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) SL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Richard L. Pyle of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
Petroscirtes thepassii, the Thepas' sabretooth blenny or the Thepas' fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 5.9 centimetres (2.3 in) SL. The specific name of this blenny honours the collector of the type, the military surgeon A.H. Thepass.
Praealticus oortii is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian Ocean from the Andaman Sea to Timor in the western Pacific. The identity of the person honoured by the specific name of this blenny was not specified but it is thought to be most likely to be the draftsman and illustrator Peter van Oort (1804-1834), who, as part of the Physics Commission for the Dutch East Indies, explored Java which is the type locality of this species.
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi, the false papillose blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist David W. Greenfield who identified this species a something new but gave his material to the authors.
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni, the white-cheeked blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Tobago, in the western central Atlantic ocean. The specific name honours the ichthyologist G. David Johnson Curator of the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution.
Stathmonotus stahli, the eelgrass blenny or the seagrass blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL. The specific name honours the Puerto Rican physician and biologist Agustín Stahl (1842-1917).
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.
Gillellus jacksoni is a species of sand stargazer native to the Antilles where it can be found at depths of from 0 to 17 metres. It can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL.
Labrisomus philippii, the Chalaco clinid, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of South America from Peru to Chile. This species can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL and the greatest recorded weight for a specimen of this fish was 635 grams (22.4 oz). The identity of the person honoured by Steindachner in the specific name of this fish is unknown but it is thought to be one of the Chilean family of naturalists, the Philippis, Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808-1904), the German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist, his brother Bernhard Eunom Philippi (1811-1852) or Rudolfo's son, Federico Philippi (1838-1910).
Cunningham's triplefin is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogrammoides. It was described by Frederik Adam Smitt in 1898, who named it in honour the Scottish naturalist Robert Oliver Cunningham (1841-1918), who had collected specimens of this fish from Puerto Madryn in 1868 but was unable to identify them. This species has been found in Peru, near Lima, Chile, Puerto Madryn in Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
