| 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 Stephens, 1963 |
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Acanthemblemaria exilispinus, known commonly as the Bluntspine blenny in the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria.[2] It is found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador, in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by John S. Stevens, Jr., in 1963,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]