Omobranchus steinitzi
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Omobranchus steinitzi
| authority = V. G. Springer & M. F. Gomon, 1975
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Omobranchus steinitzi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea.Springer, V.G., J.T. Williams and T.M. Orrell, 1991. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2: Blenniidae. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 519:28.
Size
This species reaches a length of {{convert|3.2|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |genus= Omobranchus|species= steinitzi| month = February | year = 2013}}
Etymology
The species is named after the Israeli marine biologist Heinz Steinitz.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.s.html |title=Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. |access-date=2011-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060129194502/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.s.html |archive-date=2006-01-29 |url-status=dead }} (1909-1971), Hebrew University (Jerusalem), for his contributions to marine biology.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE | access-date= 10 March 2021 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of Eritrea
Category:Fish described in 1975
Category:Taxa named by Victor G. Springer
Category:Taxa named by Martin F. Gomon
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