Coralliozetus
Encyclopedia
Coralliozetus is a genus
of fish
in the Chaenopsidae
family. It has eight described species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fish
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 has eight described species.
Species
- Tayrona blennyTayrona blennyThe tayrona blenny is a species of fish in the Chaenopsidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.-Source:* Acero, A. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Coralliozetus tayrona)
- Angel blenny, Coralliozetus angelicusCoralliozetus angelicusCoralliozetus angelicus, known commonly as the Angel blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Acapulco, Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by J.E. Böhlke...
(Böhlke & Mead, 1957) - Barcheek blenny, Coralliozetus boehlkeiCoralliozetus boehlkeiCoralliozetus boehlkei, known commonly as the Barcheek blenny in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found from the Gulf of California to Costa Rica, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1963....
(Stephens, 1963) - Twinhorn blenny, Coralliozetus cardonaeCoralliozetus cardonaeCoralliozetus cardonae, known commonly as the Twinhorn blenny in the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by B.W. Evermann and M.C. Marsh in 1899, and...
(Evermann & Marsh, 1899) - Scarletfin blenny, Coralliozetus micropesCoralliozetus micropesCoralliozetus micropes, known commonly as the Scarletfin blenny in the United Kingdom or the Zebraface blenny in Mexico, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by W. Beebe and J. Tee-Van in 1938,...
(Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938) - Spikefin blenny, Coralliozetus rosenblattiCoralliozetus rosenblattiCoralliozetus rosenblatti, known commonly as the Spikefin blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stevens, jr., in 1963, and can reach a maximum...
(Stephens, 1963) - Coralliozetus springeriCoralliozetus springeriCoralliozetus springeri is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus. It is found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens and R.K. Johnson in 1966, and can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres. Blennies in...
(Stephens & Johnson, 1966)