''Labrisomus philippii'', the Chalaco clinid, is a species of
labrisomid blenny native to the
Pacific coast of
South America from
Peru to
Chile. This species can reach a length of
TL and the greatest recorded weight for a specimen of this fish was . The identity of the person honoured by Steindachner in 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 ...
of this fish is unknown but it is thought to be one of the Chilean family of naturalists, the Philippis,
Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808-1904), the German-Chilean
paleontologist and
zoologist, his brother
Bernhard Eunom Philippi (1811-1852) or Rudolfo's son,
Federico Philippi (1838-1910).
References
philippii
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
Fish described in 1866
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