Coralliozetus micropes

Coralliozetus micropes
Coralliozetus micropes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Coralliozetus
Species: C. micropes
Binomial name
Coralliozetus micropes
Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
Synonyms
  • Emblemaria micropes (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)[1]

Coralliozetus micropes, known commonly as the Scarletfin blenny in the United Kingdom or the Zebraface blenny in Mexico,[2] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus.[3] It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[3] It was named by W. Beebe and J. Tee-Van in 1938,[4] and can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres.[3] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[5]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Coralliozetus micropes at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Coralliozetus micropes at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Coralliozetus micropes at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Beebe, W. and J. Tee-Van, 1938 (28 Sept.) [ref. 249] Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society, XV. Seven new marine fishes from Lower California. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 23 (pt 3, no. 15): 299-312, Pls. 1-3.
  5. ^ Food items for Coralliozetus micropes at www.fishbase.org.


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