Protemblemaria bicirrus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Protemblemaria |
Species: | P. bicirrus |
Binomial name | |
Protemblemaria bicirrus Hildebrand, 1946 |
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Protemblemaria bicirrus, known commonly as the Warthead blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Protemblemaria.[3] It is found in rocky reefs from the Gulf of California to Peru, in the eastern Pacific ocean.[3] It was named by Hildebrand in 1946,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 4.5 centimetres.[3]