Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi

The false papillose blenny (Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi) is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist David W. Greenfield who identified this species a something new but gave his material to the authors.[3]

Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. greenfieldi
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47141351A48348954. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47141351A48348954.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. 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 9 April 2019.


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