Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Malacoctenus
Malacoctenus boehlkei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
T. N. Gill, 1860
Type species
Clinus delalandii
Valenciennes, 1836
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Species

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There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labrisomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacoctenus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. ^ Wirtz, P. (2014): A new species of Malacoctenus from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences, 31: 15-20.