Haptoclinus dropi

Haptoclinus dropi
holotype against a dark backdrop
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Haptoclinus
Species:	H. dropi
Binomial name
Haptoclinus dropi C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2013

Haptoclinus dropi, the Four-fin blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny only known to occur off of Curaçao in the Caribbean where it was collected from a deep-sea reef at a depth between 157 and 167 metres (515 and 548 ft). The only specimen collected, a female, measured 2.15 centimetres (0.85 in) SL.^[2]

Etymology

The species is named after the Smithsonian Institution's Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP), under which program this species was discovered.^[3] The proposed common name, "Four-fin blenny", is based on the species' dorsal fin configuration.^[2]

References

1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Haptoclinus dropi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47259883A47462021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47259883A47462021.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2013): A new Haptoclinus blenny (Teleostei, Labrisomidae) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships of the genus. ZooKeys, 306: 71–81.
3. Baldwin, CC (2013). Lang, M.A.; M.D.J. Sayer (eds.). "Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP): A Smithsonian - substation Curaçao collaboration". Proceedings of the 2013 AAUS/ESDP Curaçao Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium, October 24–27, 2013, Curaçao. Dauphin Island, AL. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-06.