| Acanthemblemaria crockeri | |
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| 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 |
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Acanthemblemaria crockeri, known commonly as the Browncheek blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by W. Beebe and J. Tee-Van in 1938,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]