Biology:Acanthemblemaria balanorum

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Short description: Species of fish

Acanthemblemaria balanorum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. balanorum
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria balanorum
Brock, 1940
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Acanthemblemaria balanorum, the clubhead blenny or clubhead barnacle blenny, is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs from the Gulf of California along the coast of Mexico south to Colombia[1] and Ecuador.[2]

This fish lives in rocky reef habitat in tropical marine waters no deeper than 5 m. It inhabits empty barnacle shells,[3] in particular those of Megabalanus tintinnabulum.[4] The female lays eggs inside the shell and the male guards them. This fish feeds primarily on zooplankton.[3]

References

Further reading

  • Brock, V. E. 1940 (23 Dec.) [ref. 13593] Three new blennioid fishes from the west coast of Mexico. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 1): 29–35.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2472067 entry