Emblemaria nivipes
| Emblemaria nivipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Emblemaria |
| Species: | E. nivipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Emblemaria nivipes D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 | |
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Emblemaria nivipes, the Whiteback signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Costa Rica and Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[1]
References
- Jordan, D.S., and C.H. Gilbert, 1883 (22–29 May) List of fishes now in the museum of Yale College, collected by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, at Panama, with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 329): 620-632. [Pp. 620-624 published 22 May, 625-632 on 29 May.]
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria nivipes" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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