Emblemaria caycedoi
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Emblemaria caycedoi, known commonly as the Columbian blenny in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, 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 Emblemaria
Emblemaria
Emblemaria is a genus of chaenopsid blennies found throughout the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.-Species:* Banner blenny, Emblemaria atlantica * Emblemaria australis...

. It is found around Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 and Isla de Providencia, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, in the western central Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

. It was named by A. Acero P. in 1984.
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