- Cryptotrema corallinum
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Cryptotrema corallinum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Blennioidei Family: Labrisomidae Genus: Cryptotrema Species: C. corallinum Binomial name Cryptotrema corallinum
Gilbert, 1890Cryptotrema corallinum, known commonly as the Deep-water blenny (sometimes spelled "Deepwater blenny") in the United Kingdom and the United States, and also known as the Deepwater kelpfish in the United States,[1] is a species of labrisomid blenny.[2] It is a subtropical blenny known from southern California, U.S.A., to Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It was described by C.H. Gilbert in 1890.[3] Blennies in this species can reach a maximum length of 13 centimetres, and swim at a depth range of 24-91 metres.[2]
References
- ^ Common names for Cryptotrema corallinum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Cryptotrema corallinum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gilbert, C.H., 1890 (1 July) [ref. 1623] A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797): 49-126.
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