Litobranchus

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Litobranchus fowleri, Fowler's rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL. This species is currently the only species in its genus.[3] The specific name hours the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878-1965).[4]

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Litobranchus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Litobranchus
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971
Species:
L. fowleri
Binomial name
Litobranchus fowleri
(Herre, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Salarias fowleri[2]
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