Cirripectes castaneus

Cirripectes castaneus, the chestnut eyelash-blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. This species reaches a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL.[2]

Cirripectes castaneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. castaneus
Binomial name
Cirripectes castaneus
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Salarias castaneus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Cirripectes reticulatus Fowler, 1946
  • Cirripectes gibbifrons J.L.B. Smith, 1947

References
  1. Williams, J.T. "Cirripectes castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342513A48351180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342513A48351180.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cirripectes castaneus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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