Omobranchus Woodi

Omobranchus woodi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Omobranchus
Species:	O. woodi
Binomial name
	Omobranchus woodi; (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)
Synonyms
	Aspidontus woodi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908

Short description: Species of fish

Omobranchus woodi, the Kappie blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Atlantic and western Indian Ocean.^[2]

Size

This species can grow to a length of 8.0 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.^[3]

Etymology

The identity of the person honoured in this species' specific name is given as J. Wood of Natal who collected many marine specimens, including the type of this species.^[4]

References

↑ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus woodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342420A48400577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342420A48400577.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342420/48400577. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
↑ Springer, V.G., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 742-755. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Omobranchus woodi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
↑ "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Omobranchus woodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342420A48400577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342420A48400577.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342420/48400577. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] Springer, V.G., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 742-755. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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

[ETYFish-4] "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

Omobranchus woodi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Omobranchus
Species:	O. woodi
Binomial name
*Omobranchus woodi* (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)
Synonyms
Aspidontus woodi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908