Hypleurochilus langi
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Hypleurochilus langi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, from Senegal to the mouth of the Congo River. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This blenny is euryhaline and it enters mouths of large rivers and occurs among mangroves, it prefers brackish water.[2] The specific name of this blenny honours the German zoologist and taxidermist Herbert Lang (1879-1957) of the American Museum of Natural History, who helped to collect the type.[3]
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Hypleurochilus langi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Hypleurochilus |
Species: | H. langi |
Binomial name | |
Hypleurochilus langi (Fowler, 1923) | |
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