Acanthemblemaria exilispinus

The bluntspine blenny (Acanthemblemaria exilispinus) is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs from Costa Rica to Ecuador, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2]

Acanthemblemaria exilispinus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. exilispinus
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus
J. S. Stephens, 1963

References

  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P.A. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria exilispinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183629A8147553. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183629A8147553.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Acanthemblemaria exilispinus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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