Acanthemblemaria
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Acanthemblemaria is a genus of fish
in the Chaenopsidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Chaenopsidae
Chaenopsidae
The blennioid family Chaenopsidae includes the pike-blennies, tube-blennies and flagblennies: all perciform marine fish. The family is strictly tropical, ranging from North to South America...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Acanthemblemaria asperaAcanthemblemaria asperaThe roughhead blenny, Acanthemblemaria aspera, is a member of the blenny family native to the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean. The standard length of the adult male is and the female is ....
(Longley, 1927) -- roughhead blenny - Acanthemblemaria atrataAcanthemblemaria atrataAcanthemblemaria atrata is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found around Cocos Island, Costa Rica, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by P.A. Hastings and D.R. Robertson in 1999. Male Acanthemblemaria atrata can reach a maximum length of 3.2...
Hastings and Robertson, 1999 - Acanthemblemaria balanorumAcanthemblemaria balanorumAcanthemblemaria balanorum, known commonly as the Clubhead blenny in the United Kingdom, and the Clubhead barnacle blenny in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was...
Brock, 1940—clubhead barnacle blenny, tubícola espinudo - Acanthemblemaria betinensisAcanthemblemaria betinensisAcanthemblemaria betinensis, known commonly as the Speckled blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Colombia, in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by W.F. Smith-Vaniz and F.J. Palacio in 1974....
Smith-Vaniz and Palacio, 1974 - Acanthemblemaria castroiAcanthemblemaria castroiAcanthemblemaria castroi, known commonly as the Galapagos barnacle blenny in the Galapagos Islands, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is endemic to coral reefs in the Galapagos Islands, in the southeast Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens jr. and Edmund...
Stephens and Hobson in Stephens, Hobson and Johnson, 1966 - Acanthemblemaria chapliniAcanthemblemaria chapliniAcanthemblemaria chaplini, known commonly as the Papillose blenny in the Bahamas, Cuba, and the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by J. E. Böhlke in 1957, and can reach a maximum length of 4.5...
Böhlke, 1957—papillose blenny, sapito papiloso - Acanthemblemaria crockeriAcanthemblemaria crockeriAcanthemblemaria crockeri, known commonly as the Browncheek blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by W. Beebe and J. Tee-Van...
Beebe and Tee-Van, 1938—browncheek blenny, tubícola cachetón - Acanthemblemaria cubanaAcanthemblemaria cubanaAcanthemblemaria cubana is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found around Cuba, in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by O.H. Garrido and C. Varela in 2008, and can reach a maximum length of 3.8 centimetres....
Garrido & Varela, 2008 - Acanthemblemaria exilispinusAcanthemblemaria exilispinusAcanthemblemaria exilispinus, known commonly as the Bluntspine blenny in the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stevens, Jr., in 1963,...
Stephens, 1963 - Acanthemblemaria greenfieldiAcanthemblemaria greenfieldiAcanthemblemaria greenfieldi, known commonly as the False papillose blenny in the United States, or the Stalk blenny in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by W.F. Smith-Vaniz and F.J....
Smith-Vaniz and Palacio, 1974—stalk blenny, tubícola palito - Acanthemblemaria hancockiAcanthemblemaria hancockiAcanthemblemaria hancocki, known commonly as the Hancock's blenny in the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Costa Rica and Panama, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by G.S. Myers and E.D. Reid in 1936,...
Myers and Reid, 1936 - Acanthemblemaria harpezaAcanthemblemaria harpezaAcanthemblemaria harpeza is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found around Navassa Island, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by J.T. Williams in 2002. The species name "harpeza" is Greek for "thorn hedge", referring to the thornbush-like nasal and...
Williams, 2002 - Acanthemblemaria hastingsiAcanthemblemaria hastingsiAcanthemblemaria hastingsi is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern Pacific ocean. It was named by Hsiu-Chin Lin and Grantly R. Galland in 2010. Male Acanthemblemaria hastingsi can reach a maximum length of 5.1...
Lin & Galland, 2010 - Acanthemblemaria johnsoniAcanthemblemaria johnsoniAcanthemblemaria johnsoni is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Tobago, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by G.R. Almany and C.C. Baldwin in 1996....
Almany and Baldwin, 1996 - Acanthemblemaria macrospilusAcanthemblemaria macrospilusAcanthemblemaria macrospilus, known commonly as the Barnacle blenny in the United Kingdom, or the Mexican barnacle blenny in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by V.E. Brock in 1940,...
Brock, 1940—barnacle blenny, barnacle blenny, Mexican barnacle blenny, tubícola mexicano - Acanthemblemaria mangognathaAcanthemblemaria mangognathaAcanthemblemaria mangognatha, known commonly as the Revillagigedo barnacle blenny or the Revillagigedo barnacle in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is endemic to the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by...
Hastings and Robertson, 1999—Revillagigedo barnacle blenny, tubícola mango - Acanthemblemaria mariaAcanthemblemaria mariaAcanthemblemaria maria, known commonly as the Secretary blenny in the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs from the Bahamas to Tobago, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by...
Böhlke, 1961—sapito erizo, secretary blenny, secretary blenny - Acanthemblemaria medusaAcanthemblemaria medusaAcanthemblemaria medusa, known commonly as the Medusa blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Lesser Antilles, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by W.F. Smith-Vaniz and F.J. Palacio in 1974,...
Smith-Vaniz and Palacio, 1974 - Acanthemblemaria paulaAcanthemblemaria paulaAcanthemblemaria paula, known commonly as the Dwarf spinyhead blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Belize, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by G.D. Johnson and E.B. Brothers in 1989, and...
Johnson and Brothers, 1989 - Acanthemblemaria rivasiAcanthemblemaria rivasiAcanthemblemaria rivasi, known commonly as the Spotjaw blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs off of Colombia and Costa Rica, in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, Jr., in 1970....
Stephens, 1970 - Acanthemblemaria spinosaAcanthemblemaria spinosaThe barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria spinosa, also known as the tube blenny or spinyhead blenny, is a member of the blenny family native to the Pacific ocean. It has a mottled black, white and red coloration over the entire body, which is rather elongated...
Metzelaar, 1919—sapito espinoso, spinyhead blenny, spinyhead blenny, tubícola cabeza espinosa - Acanthemblemaria stephensiAcanthemblemaria stephensiAcanthemblemaria stephensi, known commonly as the Malpelo barnacle blenny in the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Acanthemblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Malpelo Island, in the eastern Pacific ocean. It was named by R.H. Rosenblatt and J.E. McCosker in...
Rosenblatt and McCosker, 1988