Acanthemblemaria macrospilus

Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species: A. macrospilus
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
Brock, 1940

Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, known commonly as the Barnacle blenny in the United Kingdom, or the Mexican barnacle blenny in Mexico,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by V.E. Brock in 1940,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Acanthemblemaria macrospilus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Acanthemblemaria macrospilus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Brock, V.E. 1940 (23 Dec.) [ref. 13593] Three new blennioid fishes from the west coast of Mexico. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 1): 29-35.
  4. ^ Food items for Acanthemblemaria macrospilus at www.fishbase.org.


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