Cunningham's triplefin explained

Cunningham's triplefin (Helcogrammoides cunninghami) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Helcogrammoides. It was described by Frederik Adam Smitt in 1898, who named it in honour the Scottish naturalist Robert Oliver Cunningham (1841-1918), who had collected specimens of this fish from Puerto Madryn in 1868 but was unable to identify them.^[1] This species has been found in Peru, near Lima,^[2] Chile, Puerto Madryn in Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 27 May 2019 . 29 January 2019.
2. Jeffrey T. Williams . Victor G. Springer . amp . 2001 . Review of the South American-Antarctic triplefin fish genus Helcogrammoides (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae) . Revista de Biología Tropical . 49 . Supplement 1(1) . 117–23.