Chaenopsis alepidota

Chaenopsis alepidota, the orangethroat pikeblenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California to the Gulf of California. It lives in holes excavated by worms in sandy areas.[2]

Chaenopsis alepidota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Chaenopsis
Species:
C. alepidote
Binomial name
Chaenopsis alepidote
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Lucioblennius alepidotus Gilbert, 1890
  • Lucioblennius lucius Osburn & Nichols, 1916

References
  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Chaenopsis alepidota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183941A8203769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183941A8203769.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Chaenopsis alepidota" in FishBase. February 2019 version.


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