Omobranchus woodi

Species of fish

Omobranchus woodi

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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

Omobranchus woodi, the Kappie blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Atlantic and western Indian Ocean. This species can grow to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[2] 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.[3]

## References[edit]

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. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus woodi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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 7 April 2019.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2315378
* BOLD: 161807
* FishBase: 16949
* GBIF: 2396134
* iNaturalist: 446273
* IRMNG: 11078795
* ITIS: 171253
* IUCN: 48342420
* NCBI: 990616
* WoRMS: 219315

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