Labrisomus gobio

Labrisomus gobio
Labrisomus gobio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Labrisomus
Species: L. gobio
Binomial name
Labrisomus gobio
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Clinus gobio (Valenciennes, 1836)[1]

Labrisomus gobio, known commonly as the Palehead blenny in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and as the Goggle eye blenny in Barbados and the Bahamas,[2] is a species of labrisomid blenny.[3] It is a subtropical blenny known from reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was originally described by Achille Valenciennes in 1836, as Clinus gobio.[4] Blennies in this species can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres, and swim at a maximum depth of 15 metres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Labrisomus gobio at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Labrisomus gobio at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Labrisomus gobio at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Cuvier, G., and A. Valenciennes, 1836 (July) [ref. 1005] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xv + 1-373 in Strasbourg edition.]
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