Paraclinus cingulatus

Paraclinus cingulatus, the coral blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from southern Florida to Honduras and through the Greater Antilles. It is an inhabitant of coral reefs and lives amongst rubble and can also be found in tide pools. This species can reach a length of 3 centimetres (1.2 in) TL.[2]

Paraclinus cingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Paraclinus
Species:
P. cingulatus
Binomial name
Paraclinus cingulatus
(Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Auchenopterus cingulatus Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Paraclinus cingulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104287A48352841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104287A48352841.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paraclinus cingulatus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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