Chaenopsis limbaughi

Chaenopsis limbaughi
Chaenopsis limbaughi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Chaenopsis
Species: C. limbaughi
Binomial name
Chaenopsis limbaughi
Robins & Randall, 1965

Chaenopsis limbaughi, known commonly as the Yellowface pikeblenny in the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Chaenopsis.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the western central Atlantic ocean.[2] It was named by C.R. Robins and John E. Randall in 1965,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 8.5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of crustaceans, finfish, and worms,[4] and are commercial aquarium fish.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Chaenopsis limbaughi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c d Chaenopsis limbaughi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Robins, C. R. and J. E. Randall 1965 (28 Oct.) [ref. 9249] Three new western Atlantic fishes of the blennioid genus Chaenopsis, with notes on the related Lucayablennius zingaro. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 117 (no. 6): 213-234.
  4. ^ Food items for Chaenopsis limbaughi at www.fishbase.org.


This Chaenopsidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.