Emblemaria hypacanthus

Emblemaria hypacanthus, the Gulf signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2]

Emblemaria hypacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species:
E. hypacanthus
Binomial name
Emblemaria hypacanthus
Synonyms
  • Psednoblennius hypacanthus Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
  • Emblemaria oculocirris (D. S. Jordan, 1897)

References

  • Jenkins, O.P., and B.W. Evermann, 1889 (5 Jan.) Description of eighteen new species of fishes from the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698): 137–158.
  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Emblemaria hypacanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183699A8160648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183699A8160648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria hypacanthus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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