Chaenopsis coheni

The Cortez pikeblenny (Chaenopsis coheni) is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around the Isla Angel de la Guarda, in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It has not been recorded since 1965.[1] The specific name honours Daniel M. Cohen (1930-2017) of Stanford University who accompanied Böhlke on the expedition that collected the type.[3]

Chaenopsis coheni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Chaenopsis
Species:
C. coheni
Binomial name
Chaenopsis coheni

References

  • Böhlke, J. E. 1957 (26 July) 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.
  1. Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa-Perez, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Chaenopsis coheni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154796A4635390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154796A4635390.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Chaenopsis coheni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 April 2019.


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