Acanthemblemaria exilispinus
| Acanthemblemaria exilispinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Acanthemblemaria |
| Species: | A. exilispinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthemblemaria exilispinus J. S. Stephens, 1963 | |
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus, the Bluntspine blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2]
References
- Stephens, J. S., Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) [ref. 4270] A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1-165, Pls. 1-15.
- ↑ Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria exilispinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Acanthemblemaria exilispinus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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