Myxodes ornatus
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Myxodes ornatus is a species of clinid
in the genus Myxodes
. It is a subtropical blenny found around Chile
, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
. It was named by John S. Stephens jr. and Victor Grushcka Springer in 1974.
Clinid
Clinids are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere...
in the genus Myxodes
Myxodes
Myxodes is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.-Species:* Sailfin clinid, Myxodes cristatus * Myxodes ornatus * Myxodes viridis...
. It is a subtropical blenny found around Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. It was named by John S. Stephens jr. and Victor Grushcka Springer in 1974.