Paraclinus mexicanus

Paraclinus mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Paraclinus
Species: P. mexicanus
Binomial name
Paraclinus mexicanus
Synonyms
  • Auchenopterus mexicanus C. H. Gilbert, 1904

Paraclinus mexicanus, the Mexican blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to reefs of the Pacific coast of the Americas from Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador. This species can reach a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz,B., Collette, B., Bussing, W., Guzman-Mora, A.G. & Salas, E. 2010. Paraclinus mexicanus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 08 December 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paraclinus mexicanus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

Further References

Rosenblatt, Richard; Parr, Terence (6 March 1969). "The Pacific Species of the Clinid Fish Genus Paraclinus". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1969 (1): 1–20.


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