''Hypsoblennius hentz'', commonly known as the feather blenny, is a species of
combtooth blenny found on
coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of
total length.
The feather blenny is found from Nova Scotia, Canada to Texas along the shore of North America. Often, feather blennies can be found in oyster reefs and rocky shores. The identity of the person honoured in this species'
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is uncertain but it is thought that to have been the
French American arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856) who is the "Mr Hentz" from
Charleston, North Carolina
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References
feather blenny
Fish of the Eastern United States
Fauna of the Southeastern United States
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