Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi

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Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. greenfieldi
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
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Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi, the false papillose blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. [2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist David W. Greenfield who identified this species a something new but gave his material to the authors. [3]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T47141351A48348954. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47141351A48348954.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi" in FishBase . February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 April 2019.