Haptoclinus dropi

Haptoclinus dropi, the Four-fin blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny only known to occur off of Curaçao in the Caribbean where it was collected from a deep-sea reef at a depth between 157 and 167 metres (515 and 548 ft). The only specimen collected, a female, measured 2.15 centimetres (0.85 in) SL.[2]

Haptoclinus dropi
holotype against a dark backdrop
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Haptoclinus
Species:
H. dropi
Binomial name
Haptoclinus dropi
C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2013

Etymology

The species is named after the Smithsonian Institution's Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP), under which program this species was discovered.[3] The proposed common name, "Four-fin blenny", is based on the species' dorsal fin configuration.[2]

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Haptoclinus dropi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47259883A47462021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47259883A47462021.en.
  2. Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2013): A new Haptoclinus blenny (Teleostei, Labrisomidae) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships of the genus. ZooKeys, 306: 71–81.
  3. Baldwin, CC (2013). Lang, M.A.; M.D.J. Sayer (eds.). "Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP): A Smithsonian - substation Curaçao collaboration". Proceedings of the 2013 AAUS/ESDP Curaçao Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium, October 24–27, 2013, Curaçao. Dauphin Island, AL. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. Retrieved 2014-07-06.


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