Cirriemblemaria

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Cirriemblemaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Cirriemblemaria
Hastings, 1997
Species:
C. lucasana
Binomial name
Cirriemblemaria lucasana
Synonyms
  • Protemblemaria lucasana J. S. Stephens, 1963

Cirriemblemaria lucasana, the plume blenny, is a species of pikeblenny found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton. It and can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL.[2]

References

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  • 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. ^ Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Cirriemblemaria lucasana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183548A8132797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183548A8132797.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirriemblemaria lucasana". FishBase. February 2013 version.