Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
| Acanthemblemaria macrospilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Acanthemblemaria |
| Species: | A. macrospilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940 | |
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, the Barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs 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
- Brock, V.E. 1940 (23 Dec.) [ref. 13593] Three new blennioid fishes from the west coast of Mexico. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 1): 29-35.
- ↑ Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria macrospilus". 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 macrospilus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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