''Coralliozetus rosenblatti'', the Spikefin blenny, is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reefs in the eastern central
Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
TL. This species feeds primarily on
zooplankton. The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours the
ichthyologist
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Richard H. Rosenblatt (1930-2014) of the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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References
* Stephens, J. S. Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) ''A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae.'' University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15.
rosenblatti
Fish described in 1963
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