Lupinoblennius paivai

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |author2=Craig, M.T. |date=2020 |title=Lupinoblennius paivai |volume=2020 |page=e.T185152A176626567 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T185152A176626567.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lupinoblennius paivai

| authority = (S. Y. Pinto, 1958)

| synonyms= * Blennius paivai Pinto, 1958

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.fishbase.gr/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=61380&SynCode=150863&GenusName=Lupinoblennius&SpeciesName=paivai Synonyms of Lupinoblnnius paivai] at www.fishbase.org.

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Lupinoblennius paivai, Paiva's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to a small area Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina where its habitat is the tidal reaches of coastal streams and small rivers. This species can grow to a length of {{convert|5.1|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |genus= Lupinoblennius|species= paivai| month = February | year = 2013}} The specific name honours the Brazilian oceanographer João de Paiva Carvalho (1903-1961) of the Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo in recognition of his cooperation with Pinto.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | access-date = 12 March 2019 | date = 26 October 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}