Enchelyurus kraussii, Krauss' blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the German scientist, traveller and collector Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Enchelyurus |
| Species: | E. kraussii
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| Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger, 1871)
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Enchelyurus kraussii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342433A48348091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342433A48348091.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enchelyurus kraussii". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ 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 26 March 2019.
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