Stathmonotus hemphillii

Stathmonotus hemphillii, the blackbelly blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western central Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2] The specific name honours the malacologist Henry Hemphill (1830-1914) who collected the type.^[3]

Stathmonotus hemphillii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Stathmonotus
Species:	S. hemphillii
Binomial name
Stathmonotus hemphillii T. H. Bean, 1885
Synonyms
Stathmonotus corallicola Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928