''Chaenopsis schmitti'', the yellow-mouth pikeblenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in

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s in the eastern central

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ocean. It can reach a maximum length of TL. The

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honours the

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Waldo L. Schmitt (1887-1977) who was Curator of the Division of Marine Invertebrates in the

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and who was responsible for the collection of the two

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References

* Böhlke, J. E. 1957 (26 July) ''A review of the blenny genus Chaenopsis, and the description of a related new genus from the Bahamas.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 109: 81-103, Pls. 5–6. schmitti Western Central American coastal fauna Galápagos Islands coastal fauna Fish described in 1957 Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke {{Chaenopsidae-stub