Scartella springeri

Short description: Species of fish

Scartella springeri

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Blenniidae
Genus:  | Scartella
Species:  |

S. springeri

Binomial name
Scartella springeri

(Bauchot, 1967)

Scartella springeri (Springer's blenny) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, around St. Helena. This species reaches a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the United States ichthyologist Victor G. Springer of the U.S. National Museum.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Williams, J.T.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Scartella springeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T185144A1771703. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185144A1771703.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185144/1771703. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Scartella springeri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
3. ↑ "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/.

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