Omobranchus germaini

Omobranchus germaini
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Omobranchus
Species:	O. germaini
Binomial name
	Omobranchus germaini; (Sauvage, 1883)
Synonyms
	Petroscirtes germaini Sauvage, 1883;

Omobranchus germaini, Germain's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the collector of the type, the French military veterinarian Louis Rodolphe Germain (1827-1917).[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus germaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342171A48359477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342171A48359477.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Omobranchus germaini" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus germaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342171A48359477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342171A48359477.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Omobranchus germaini" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 April 2019.