Emblemaria hypacanthus
| Emblemaria hypacanthus | |
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| 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) | |
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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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria hypacanthus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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