Emblemaria
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Emblemaria is a genus of chaenopsid blennies
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...

 found throughout the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Species

  • Banner blenny, Emblemaria atlantica
    Emblemaria atlantica
    Emblemaria atlantica, known commonly as the Banner blenny in the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by D.S. Jordan and B.W. Evermann in 1898, and can reach a maximum length of 7.5...

    (Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
  • Emblemaria australis
    Emblemaria australis
    Emblemaria australis is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. it is known from around Brazil, in the southwestern Atlantic ocean. It was named by Robson T.C. Ramos, Claudia R. and Luiz A. Rocha in 2003. Female Emblemaria australis can reach a maximum length of 2.65 centimetres....

    (Ramos, Rocha & Rocha, 2003)
  • Twospot blenny, Emblemaria biocellata
    Emblemaria biocellata
    Emblemaria biocellata, known commonly as the Twospot blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around Venezuela, French Guiana, and Colombia, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1970...

    (Stephens, 1970)
  • Caribbean blenny, Emblemaria caldwelli
    Emblemaria caldwelli
    Emblemaria caldwelli, known commonly as the Caribbean blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found in coral reefs around the Bahamas, Belize, Honduras and Jamaica, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in...

    (Stephens, 1970)
  • Colombian blenny, Emblemaria caycedoi
    Emblemaria caycedoi
    Emblemaria caycedoi, known commonly as the Columbian blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Venezuela and Isla de Providencia, Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It was named by A. Acero P. in 1984....

    (Acero P., 1984)
  • Ridge blenny, Emblemaria culmenis
    Emblemaria culmenis
    Emblemaria culmenis, known commonly as the Ridge blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is known from a single specimen collected in Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1970, and is known to...

    (Stephens, 1970)
  • Venezuelan blenny, Emblemaria diphyodontis
    Emblemaria diphyodontis
    Emblemaria diphyodontis, known commonly as the Venezuelan blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Cubagua Island, Venezuela, in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., and Fernando Cervigón in 1970...

    (Stephens & Cervigón, 1970)
  • Emblemaria hudsoni
    Emblemaria hudsoni
    Emblemaria hudsoni is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Peru, in the southeast Pacific ocean. It was named by B.W. Evermann and L. Radcliffe in 1917, and can reach a maximum length of 7.4 centimetres....

    (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917)
  • Filament blenny, Emblemaria hyltoni
    Emblemaria hyltoni
    Emblemaria hyltoni, known commonly as the Filament blenny in the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Belize and Honduras, in the western Atlantic ocean. It was named by R.K. Johnson and D.W. Greenfield in 1976, and can reach a maximum length...

    (Johnson & Greenfield, 1976)
  • Gulf signal blenny, Emblemaria hypacanthus
    Emblemaria hypacanthus
    Emblemaria hypacanthus, known commonly as the Gulf signal blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by O.P. Jenkins and B.W. Evermann in 1889, and...

    (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
  • Whiteback signal blenny, Emblemaria nivipes
    Emblemaria nivipes
    Emblemaria nivipes, known commonly as the Whiteback signal blenny in the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Costa Rica and Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It was named by D.S. Jordan and C.H. Gilbert in 1883, and can reach a...

    (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Sailfin blenny, Emblemaria pandionis
    Emblemaria pandionis
    Emblemaria pandionis is a Blenny from the Western Atlantic Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 cm in length....

    (Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
  • Sailfin signal blenny, Emblemaria piratica
    Emblemaria piratica
    Emblemaria piratica, known commonly as the Sailfin signal blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found from southern Mexico to Panama, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by I. Ginsburg in 1942, and can reach a...

    (Ginsburg, 1942)
  • Pirate blenny, Emblemaria piratula
    Emblemaria piratula
    Emblemaria piratula, known commonly as the Pirate blenny in Puerto Rico and the United States, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It was named by I. Ginsburg and Gordon McGregor Reid in 1942, and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres. It is found in coral reefs in the...

    (Ginsburg & Reid, 1942)
  • Ribbon blenny, Emblemaria vitta
    Emblemaria vitta
    Emblemaria vitta, known commonly as the Ribbon blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found around Navassa Island, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It was named by J.T. Williams in 2002. The species name "vitta" references the ribbon shape of the blenny's...

    (Williams, 2002)
  • Elusive signal blenny, Emblemaria walkeri
    Emblemaria walkeri
    Emblemaria walkeri, known commonly as the Elusive signal blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom, is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Emblemaria. It is found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It was named by John S. Stephens, jr., in 1963, and can reach a...

    (Stephens, 1963)
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