Coralliozetus springeri

Coralliozetus springeri
Coralliozetus springeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Coralliozetus
Species: C. springeri
Binomial name
Coralliozetus springeri
Stephens & Johnson, 1966

Coralliozetus springeri is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus.[1] It is found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[1] It was named by John S. Stephens and R.K. Johnson in 1966,[2] and can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres.[1] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Coralliozetus springeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Stephens, J. S., Jr., E. S. Hobson, and R. K. Johnson 1966 (7 Sept.) [ref. 9071] Notes on distribution, behaviour, and morphological variation in some chaenopsid fishes from the tropical eastern Pacific, with descriptions of two new species, Acanthemblemaria castroi and Coralliozetus springeri. Copeia 1966 (no. 3): 424-438.
  3. ^ Food items for Coralliozetus springeri at www.fishbase.org.


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