Acanthemblemaria hastingsi, the Cortez barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum length of 5.1 cm (2.0 in) SL, while females can reach a maximum length of 4 cm (1.6 in).[2] The specific name honours the marine biologist Philip A. Hastings of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Acanthemblemaria |
| Species: | A. hastingsi
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References
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- ^ Williams, J.; Craig, M.T. (2014). "Acanthemblemaria hastingsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185143A1771574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185143A1771574.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthemblemaria hastingsi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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