Haptoclinus apectolophus

Haptoclinus apectolophus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Haptoclinus
Species: H. apectolophus
Binomial name
Haptoclinus apectolophus
Böhlke & Robins, 1974

Haptoclinus apectolophus, known commonly as the Uncombed blenny in Mexico,[1] is a species of labrisomid blenny,[2] and the only species in the genus Haptoclinus.[3] It is a deep-water blenny known from around Arrowsmith Bank, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was described by J.E. Böhlke and C.R. Robins in 1974.[4] Blennies in this species swim at a depth range of 339-366 metres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Haptoclinus apectolophus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Haptoclinus apectolophus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Species under Haptoclinus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Böhlke, J.E., and C.R. Robins, 1974 (29 July) [ref. 611] Description of new genus and species of clinid fish from the western Caribbean, with comments on the families of the Blennioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 126: 1-8.