Coralliozetus rosenblatti

Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Coralliozetus
Species: C. rosenblatti
Binomial name
Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Stephens, 1963

Coralliozetus rosenblatti, known commonly as the Spikefin blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by John S. Stevens, jr., in 1963,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]

References

  1. ^ Common names of Coralliozetus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Coralliozetus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Stephens, J. S., Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) [ref. 4270] A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1-165, Pls. 1-15.
  4. ^ [ Food items for Coralliozetus rosenblatti] at www.fishbase.org.


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