Emblemaria walkeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Emblemaria |
Species: | E. walkeri |
Binomial name | |
Emblemaria walkeri Stephens, 1963 |
Emblemaria walkeri, known commonly as the Elusive signal blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria.[2] It is found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1963,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]