Emblemaria caldwelli, the Caribbean blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around the Bahamas, Belize, Honduras and Jamaica, in the western central Atlantic ocean.[2] The specific name honours David K. Caldwell, Director of Marineland Research Laboratory, St. Augustine, Florida in gratitude for the loan of specimens.[3]
Emblemaria caldwelli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Emblemaria |
Species: | E. caldwelli
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Binomial name | |
Emblemaria caldwelli J. S. Stephens, 1970
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References
edit- Stephens, J.S., Jr., 1970 (1 June) Seven new chaenopsid blennies from the western Atlantic. Copeia 1970 (no. 2): 280–309.
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Emblemaria caldwelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47142918A48375964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47142918A48375964.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Emblemaria caldwelli". 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. Retrieved 13 April 2019.