Emblemaria caycedoi

Emblemaria caycedoi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Emblemaria
Species:	E. caycedoi
Binomial name
Emblemaria caycedoi Acero P., 1984

Emblemaria caycedoi, the Colombian blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Venezuela and Isla de Providencia, Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. ^[2] The specific name honours the young marine biologist Enrique Caycedo Lara, who died in 1978. ^[3]

References

• Acero P., A. 1984 A new species of Emblemaria (Pisces: Clinidae: Chaenopsinae) from the southwestern Caribbean with comments on two other species of the genus. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 35 (no. 2): 187–194.

1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Emblemaria caycedoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T47142927A48400669. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47142927A48400669.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Emblemaria caycedoi". 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.