Emblemaria hypacanthus

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Emblemaria hypacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species: E. hypacanthus
Binomial name
Emblemaria hypacanthus
(O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Psednoblennius hypacanthus Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
  • Emblemaria oculocirris (D. S. Jordan, 1897)

Emblemaria hypacanthus, the Gulf signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[1]

References

  • Jenkins, O.P., and B.W. Evermann, 1889 (5 Jan.) Description of eighteen new species of fishes from the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698): 137-158.
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria hypacanthus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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