Paraclinus mexicanus

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]

Paraclinus mexicanus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Paraclinus
Species:
P. mexicanus
Binomial name
Paraclinus mexicanus
Synonyms
  • Auchenopterus mexicanus C. H. Gilbert, 1904

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz,B.; Collette, B.; Bussing, W.; Guzman-Mora, A.G. & Salas, E. (2010). "Paraclinus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183788A8177236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183788A8177236.en.
  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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