Omobranchus ferox

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Larson, H. |author2=Williams, J. |author3=Smith-Vaniz, W.F. |author4=Hastings, P. |date=2021 |title=Omobranchus ferox |volume=2021 |page=e.T196308A48358497 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T196308A48358497.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Omobranchus ferox

| authority = (Herre, 1927)

| synonyms = *Petroscirtes ferox Herre, 1927

  • Petroscirtes kranjiensis Herre, 1940
  • Omobranchus kranjiensis (Herre, 1940)
  • Petroscirtes feliciana Herre, 1942
  • Petroscirtes waterousi Herre, 1942
  • Omobranchus dealmeida J.L.B. Smith, 1949
  • Cruantus dealmeida (Smith, 1949)

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Omobranchus ferox, the gossamer blenny or the fang-toothed blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found brackish waters in Africa and Asia.Springer, V.G., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 742–755. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Size

This species can reach a length of {{convert|6.0|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase species |genus= Omobranchus|species= ferox| month = February | year = 2013}}

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ferox

Category:Taxa named by Albert William Herre

Category:Fish described in 1927

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