Haptoclinus dropi


Haptoclinus dropi, the Four-fin blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny only known to occur off of Curaçao in the Caribbean where it was collected from a deep-sea reef at a depth between. The only specimen collected, a female, measured SL.

Etymology

The species is named after the Smithsonian Institution's Deep Reef Observation Project, under which program this species was discovered. The proposed common name, "Four-fin blenny", is based on the species' dorsal fin configuration.