''Hypsoblennius jenkinsi'', commonly known as the mussel blenny, is a species of
combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blenny, blenniiformids; Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the Order (biology), order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Com ...
found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of
TL.
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
Oliver Peebles Jenkins
Oliver Peebles Jenkins (November 3, 1850 in Bantam, Ohio – January 9, 1935 in Palo Alto, California) was an American physiologist and histologist, mainly associated with Stanford University.
Career
Jenkins graduated from Moores Hill College ( ...
(1850–1935), who was professor of
physiology
Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...
at
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
.
References
jenkinsi
Fish described in 1896
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
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