Omobranchus steinitzi
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Omobranchus steinitzi is a species of combtooth blenny
found in the western Indian ocean
, in the Red Sea
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The species is named after the Israeli marine biologist Heinz Steinitz
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Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
found in the western Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, in the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
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The species is named after the Israeli marine biologist Heinz Steinitz
Heinz Steinitz
Heinz Steinitz was a senior Israeli marine biologist and herpetologist, professor and chairman of the department of zoology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem...
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