Protemblemaria punctata
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Protemblemaria punctata is a species of fish
in the Chaenopsidae
family. It is endemic to Venezuela
.
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 is endemic to 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...
.
Source
- Acero, A. 1996. Protemblemaria punctata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.