Emblemaria walkeri

Emblemaria walkeri, the elusive signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in 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.[2] The specific name honours fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917-2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Emblemaria walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species:
E. walkeri
Binomial name
Emblemaria walkeri
J. S. Stephens, 1963

References

  • Stephens, J.S. Jr., 1963 (31 Dec.) A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15.
  1. Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Emblemaria walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184020A8220762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184020A8220762.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Emblemaria walkeri" 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 13 April 2019.


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