Chaenopsis schmitti

Chaenopsis schmitti
Chaenopsis schmitti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Chaenopsis
Species: C. schmitti
Binomial name
Chaenopsis schmitti
Böhlke, 1957

Chaenopsis schmitti, known commonly as the Yellow-mouth pikeblenny in the Galapagos Islands,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Chaenopsis.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by J.E. Böhlke in 1957,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 8 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Chaenopsis schmitti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Chaenopsis schmitti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Böhlke, J. E. 1957 (26 July) [ref. 599] A review of the blenny genus Chaenopsis, and the description of a related new genus from the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 109: 81-103, Pls. 5-6.


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