Emblemariopsis diaphana

Emblemariopsis diaphana, the glass blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the Florida Keys, USA, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL.[2] The specific name refers to this species being "largely translucent" in life, although this is lost in preserved specimens.[3] E. diaphana is the type species of the genus Emblemariopsis.[4]

Emblemariopsis diaphana
A: male, B: female or immature male.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemariopsis
Species:
E. diaphana
Binomial name
Emblemariopsis diaphana
Longley, 1927
Synonyms
  • Chaenopsis diaphana (Longley, 1927)
  • Coralliozetus diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
  • Emblemaria diaphana (Longley, 1927)

References
  • Longley, W.H., 1927 (Dec.) Observations upon the ecology of Tortugas fishes with notes upon the taxonomy of species new or little known. (Definition of three new genera and two species). Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 26: 222–224.
  1. Williams, J. & Craig, M.T. (2014). "Emblemariopsis diaphana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T185179A1777284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185179A1777284.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemariopsis diaphana" 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 14 April 2019.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Emblemariopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 April 2019.


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