User:KaydenPogia/Cirripectes vanderbilti

Comments by A. Faucci (Apr 7, 2024):

Nice work on finding lots of great information. To polish your draft before copying it over to the main article please work on the following:


 * Make sure you only include information for the respective section. For example, under Description should only be anything related how they look (morphology and anatomy), not who they are related to. I would delete those first 2 sentences or make a special section about Taxonomy or Evolution. You could also just add a sentence to that second paragraph in the Lead.
 * Make sure your sentences are all easy to understand and have perfect grammar. Remember that this is an encyclopedia read by people across the world who might not have English as a first language. For example, your second sentence under Description does not make any sense as it stands. I know you just took it from the paper, but a) you need to paraphrase (otherwise it is considered plagiarism), but also try to make sense of it when taken out of context. If you struggle with that in this case (Evolutionary history of species is not an easy topic), you can leave it out and just mention that C. vanderbilti is a sister species to C. matakaro.
 * Make sure that each sentence is connected to the reference you got that information from using the "Cite function in Wikipeida. (check the training for that if you forgot) If you do it correctly the reference list will be made automatically.
 * Under Distribution: I would change the bullet list into a sentence and add something more general before that sentence, like: Cirripectes vanderbilti occurs in the tropical Pacific and has been recorded from: ... list of islands.
 * Add a Habitat section (or combine it with the Distribution section changing the heading to "Distribution & Habitat" to describe where they can be found in the listed geographic locations.
 * It is ok to change the lead and improve on it. For example, Johnston Island currently is a red link, meaning it is linked to a non-existing page on Wikipedia. I would change that.
 * Make sure that all scientific species names are in italic.
 * Make sure your sentences are all in perfect English and grammar and are easily understandable for a worldwide audience.
 * Add at least 2 more sources:
 * In general: https://www.marinelifephotography.com/fishes/blennies/cirripectes-vanderbilti.htm
 * For distribution: https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepedia/taxa/T5018358/
 * In general: page from John P. Hoover, Hawaiian reef Fishes (sending you pics via email; use the ISBN number to make an automatic reference when using the Wikipedia "cite function)

Lead
Cirripectes vanderbilti, the scarface blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Hawaiian and Johnston islands in the eastern central Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL. It is commonly confused with Cirripectes variolosus.

The species was first described in 1938 by Henry W. Fowler under the name Ophioblennius vanderbilti from a specimen collected near Diamond Head, Oahu in 1937 by the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition. (Currently on Wikipedia)

Description
Cirripectes vanderbilti, sister lineage is Cirripectes matakaro. A pathway from the southern colonization to Hawai'i. Adults along with subadults have a brown and cream colored head and body, head has a lighter color. Along with a white slash that measures (0.5-1.0 mm width.) on the half of the head. All adults have a dark brown body, it is rarely seen pale or white. Females have a certain color pattern, in comparison towards the male.

Distribution1
Cirripectes vanderbilti mainly occur in theFrench Polynesia and South Pacific


 * Northern Line Island
 * Kiritimati
 * Palmyra


 * Marquesas
 * Tuamotus
 * Ducie Atoll
 * Pitcairn
 * Gambier
 * Austral Islands