Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici

Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Stathmonotus
Species: S. sinuscalifornici
Binomial name
Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici
(Chabanaud, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Parastathmonotus sinuscalifornici Chabanaud, 1942

Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici, the California worm blenny or the Gulf worm blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[1]

References

  • Chabanaud, P., 1942 Contribution à la morphologie de Téléostéens appartenant à diverses familles de l'ordre des Blennoidea. Description d'une espèce et d'un genre inédits. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 67: 111-120.
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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