Protemblemaria bicirrus

Protemblemaria bicirrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Protemblemaria
Species: P. bicirrus
Binomial name
Protemblemaria bicirrus
Hildebrand, 1946
Synonyms
  • Emblemaria bicirrus (Hildebrand, 1946)[1]

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]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Protemblemaria bicirrus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Protemblemaria bicirrus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Protemblemaria bicirrus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Hildebrand, S.F., 1946 (26 Feb.) [ref. 2161] A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 189: i-xi + 1-530.