Malacoctenus tetranemus
| Malacoctenus tetranemus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Blennioidei |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Malacoctenus |
| Species: | M. tetranemus |
| Binomial name | |
| Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope, 1877) | |
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Malacoctenus tetranemus, the Throatspotted blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru as well as around the Galapagos Islands. It inhabits rocky areas where it lives in tide pools and shallows generally at depths of from 6 to 23 metres (20 to 75 ft). This species can reach a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Malacoctenus tetranemus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 December 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus tetranemus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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