Coralliozetus angelicus

Coralliozetus angelicus
Coralliozetus angelicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Coralliozetus
Species: C. angelicus
Binomial name
Coralliozetus angelicus
Böhlke & Mead, 1957
Synonyms
  • Emblemaria angelica (Böhlke & Mead, 1957)[1]
  • Coralliozetus angelica (Böhlke & Mead, 1957)[1]

Coralliozetus angelicus, known commonly as the Angel blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[2] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus.[3] It is found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Acapulco, Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[3] It was named by J.E. Böhlke and G.W. Mead in 1957,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Coralliozetus angelicus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Coralliozetus angelicus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Coralliozetus angelicus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Böhlke, J. E. and G. W. Mead 1957 (26 July) [ref. 12134] A new blenny from the coast of western Mexico. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 301: 1-8, Pl. 1.
  5. ^ Food items for Coralliozetus angelicus at www.fishbase.org.


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