Adelotremus deloachi explained
Adelotremus deloachi, the spotfin fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the western Pacific Ocean in Indonesia. The type and paratypes were collected from Bali and the Lembeh Strait. The specimens were collected from depths of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) from sandy slopes.[1] The specific name honours Ned Deloach, an author and photographer who has written about reef fishes and raised awareness of their conservation.[2]
Notes and References
- William F. Smith-Vaniz . 2017 . A new species of the fangblenny Adelotremus from Indonesia, with supplemental description of A. leptus (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini) . Zootaxa . 4258 . 2.
- Web site: Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 24 March 2019 . 26 October 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.