Chasmodes longimaxilla

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Stretchjaw blenny
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Chasmodes
Species:
C. longimaxilla
Binomial name
Chasmodes longimaxilla
Synonyms
  • Chasmodes bosquianus longimaxillaWilliams, 1983

Chasmodes longimaxilla, the stretchjaw blenny or longjaw blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Atlantic ocean. [2]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Grubbs, D.; et al. (2014). "Chasmodes longimaxilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2014: : e.T196686A2473830. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T196686A2473830.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Chasmodes longimaxilla" in FishBase . February 2013 version.