Chaenopsis roseola

Chaenopsis roseola
Chaenopsis roseola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Chaenopsis
Species: C. roseola
Binomial name
Chaenopsis roseola
Hastings & Shipp, 1981

Chaenopsis roseola, known commonly as the Flecked pikeblenny or the Freckled pikeblenny in the United States,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Chaenopsis.[2] It is found around the United States in the western Atlantic ocean.[2] It was named by P.A. Hastings and R.L. Shipp in 1981,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Chaenopsis roseola at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Chaenopsis roseola at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Hastings, P. A. and R. L. Shipp 1981 (16 Jan.) [ref. 8594] A new species of pikeblenny (Pisces: Chaenopsidae: Chaenopsis) from the western Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 93 (no. 4): 875-886.