Protemblemaria punctata
| Protemblemaria punctata | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Protemblemaria |
| Species: | P. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966 | |
Protemblemaria punctata, the Warthead blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny endemic to the Atlantic coast of northeast Venezuela where it is found on shallow, sandy bottoms down to a depth of 20 metres (66 ft). This fish can reach a maximum size of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.[1]
References
- Cervigón, F. 1966. Los peces marinos de Venezuela (2 vols.). Estacion de. Investigaciones Marihas de Margarita, Caracas. Fundación Cientifica Los Roques. 1-951.
- Acero, A. 1996. Protemblemaria punctata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Protemblemaria punctata" in FishBase. February 2013 version.