Phenablennius heyligeri

Phenablennius heyligeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Blenniinae
Genus:	Phenablennius V. G. Springer & Smith-Vaniz, 1972
Species:	P. heyligeri
Binomial name
Phenablennius heyligeri (Bleeker, 1859)

Phenablennius heyligeri is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific ocean around Sumatra, Borneo and off the coast of Cambodia. This species reaches a length of 5.3 centimetres (2.1 in) SL. This species is currently the only known member of its genus.^[2] The specific name honours the person who collected the type, R.V. Heyliger, who was the Belgian consul in Batavia.^[3]

References

1. Allen, D.J.; Larson, H. (2019). "Phenablennius heyligeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T180982A46222406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T180982A46222406.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phenablennius heyligeri". 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.