Acanthemblemaria johnsoni

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Acanthemblemaria johnsoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. johnsoni
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni
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Acanthemblemaria johnsoni, the white-cheeked blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Tobago, in the western central Atlantic ocean. [2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist G. David Johnson Curator of the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution. [3]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Acanthemblemaria johnsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T47141401A48407655. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47141401A48407655.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthemblemaria johnsoni". 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 10 April 2019.