Ekemblemaria myersi

Ekemblemaria myersi, the Reefsand blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found from the Gulf of California to Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zoobenthos.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905-1985) of Stanford University.[3]

Ekemblemaria myersi

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

References

  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Ekemblemaria myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183605A8143239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183605A8143239.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ekemblemaria myersi" 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 12 April 2019.

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