Acanthemblemaria crockeri

Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species: A. crockeri
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

Acanthemblemaria crockeri, the Browncheek blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2]

References

Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society, XV. Seven new marine fishes from Lower California. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 23 (pt 3, no. 15): 299-312, Pls. 1-3.

  1. Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria crockeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Acanthemblemaria crockeri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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