Malacoctenus gilli

Malacoctenus gilli
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
Species: M. gilli
Binomial name
Malacoctenus gilli
(Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Clinus gilli Steindachner, 1867
  • Labrisomus biguttatus Cope, 1871
  • Malacoctenus biguttatus (Cope, 1871)

Malacoctenus gilli, the Dusky blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from the Bahamas to the north coast of South America. This species inhabits reef patches, areas of sandy substrates with available rocks and beds of seagrass at depths of from 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft). It can reach a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus gilli" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/7/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.