Cirripectes vanderbilti

Cirripectes vanderbilti
Cirripectes vanderbilti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species: C. vanderbilti
Binomial name
Cirripectes vanderbilti
Fowler, 1938

Cirripectes vanderbilti is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Hawaiian and Johnston islands in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[1] It was first named by Fowler in 1938,[1] and is commonly known as the Scarface blenny or the Red-head blenny.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cirripectes vanderbilti" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. ^ Common names for Cirripectes vanderbilti at www.fishbase.org.