Ekemblemaria myersi, known commonly as the Reefsand blenny in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and Mexico

Mexico

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 (spelled "Reef-sand blenny" in Mexico) 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 Ekemblemaria

Ekemblemaria

Ekemblemaria is a genus of chaenopsid blennies found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic oceans.-Species:* Ekemblemaria lira * Reefsand blenny, Ekemblemaria myersi...

. It is found from the Gulf of California

Gulf of California

The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...

 to Colombia

Colombia

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, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1963, and can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zoobenthos.