Robert's blenny, Omobranchus robertsi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Papua New Guinea.[2][3]

Omobranchus robertsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Omobranchus
Species:
O. robertsi
Binomial name
Omobranchus robertsi

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The specific name honours Tyson R. Roberts (b. 1940), the American ichthyologist, who collected the type specimen and made it available to the author.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2017). "Omobranchus robertsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48342358A117534644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48342358A117534644.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Omobranchus robertsi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 April 2019.