Emblemaria caldwelli

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Emblemaria caldwelli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species:
E. caldwelli
Binomial name
Emblemaria caldwelli

Emblemaria caldwelli, the Caribbean blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around the Bahamas, Belize, Honduras and Jamaica, in the western central Atlantic ocean. [2] The specific name honours David K. Caldwell, Director of Marineland Research Laboratory, St. Augustine, Florida in gratitude for the loan of specimens. [3]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Emblemaria caldwelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T47142918A48375964. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47142918A48375964.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria caldwelli" 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 13 April 2019.