Chaenopsis roseola
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Chaenopsis roseola, known commonly as the Flecked pikeblenny or the Freckled pikeblenny in the United States
United States
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, is a species of chaenopsid blenny
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...

 in the genus Chaenopsis
Chaenopsis
Chaenopsis is a genus of pikeblennies found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.-Species:* Cortez pikeblenny, Chaenopsis coheni * Delta pikeblenny, Chaenopsis deltarrhis...

. It is found around the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by P.A. Hastings and R.L. Shipp in 1981, and can reach a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres.
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