Cirripectes vanderbilti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Cirripectes
Species:
C. vanderbilti
Binomial name
Cirripectes vanderbilti
(Fowler, 1938)

Cirripectes vanderbilti, the scarface blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Hawaiian and Johnston islands in the eastern central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL.[2]

The species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler under the name Ophioblennius vanderbilti from a specimen collected near Diamond Head, Oahu in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition.[3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Cirripectes vanderbilti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342499A48407219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342499A48407219.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cirripectes vanderbilti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Fowler, Henry W. (1938). The Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Philadelphia. pp. 242–243.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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