Hemiemblemaria simulus
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Hemiemblemaria simulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Hemiemblemaria |
Species: | H. simulus
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Binomial name | |
Hemiemblemaria simulus Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
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Hemiemblemaria simulus, the wrasse blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) fish measurement. This species feeds primarily on small crustaceans and finfish. This species is also found in the aquarium trade. It is the only known member of its genus.[2]
References
- Longley, W. H. and S. F. Hildebrand 1940 (14 Sept.) New genera and species of fishes from Tortugas, Florida. Papers Tortugas Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington v. 32: 223–285, Pl. 1. Page 225.
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Hemiemblemaria simulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46104147A48346720. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46104147A48346720.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Hemiemblemaria simulus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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