''Stathmonotus hemphillii'', the blackbelly blenny, is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reef
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Co ...
s in the western central
Atlantic
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ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
TL. This species can also be found in the
aquarium
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trade. 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
malacologist Henry Hemphill
Henry Hemphill (1830–1914) was an American malacologist, a biologist who studies mollusks. In particular he studied land and freshwater mollusca.
His collection of land, freshwater, and marine mollusks became holdings of the California Academy ...
(1830-1914) who collected the
type.
References
* Bean, T.H., 1885 (29 June)
On Stathmonotus, a new genus of fishes related to Muraenoides, from Florida.' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 8 (no. 508): 191–192, Pl. 13.
hemphillii
Fish described in 1885
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