Myxodes viridis

Myxodes viridis
Myxodes viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Clinidae
Genus: Myxodes
Species: M. viridis
Binomial name
Myxodes viridis
Valenciennes, 1836

Myxodes viridis is a species of clinid in the genus Myxodes.[1] It is a tropical blenny found from Peru to Chile, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.[1] It was named by Achille Valenciennes in 1836,[2] and can reach a maximum length of 13.5 centimetres.[1] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos,[3] and are preyed upon by Pinguipes chilensis.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Myxodes viridis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Cuvier, G., and A. Valenciennes, 1836 (July) [ref. 1005] Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343.
  3. ^ Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition of Myxodes viridis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Organisms preying on Myoxodes viridis at www.fishbase.org.


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