Lucayablennius zingaro

Lucayablennius zingaro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Lucayablennius
Species: L. zingaro
Binomial name
Lucayablennius zingaro
Böhlke, 1957

Lucayablennius zingaro, known commonly as the Arrow blenny in the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny, and the only species in the genus Lucayablennius.[2] It is found in coral reefs around the Bahamas and the Caribbean, in the western central Atlantic ocean.[2] It was named by J.E. Böhlke in 1957,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 3.8 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Lucayablennius zingaro at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Lucayablennius zingaro at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Böhlke, J. E. 1957 (26 July) [ref. 599] A review of the blenny genus Chaenopsis, and the description of a related new genus from the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 109: 81-103, Pls. 5-6.