Ekemblemaria myersi
Ekemblemaria myersi, the Reefsand blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found from the Gulf of California to Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zoobenthos.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905-1985) of Stanford University.[3]
| Ekemblemaria myersi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae |
| Genus: | Ekemblemaria |
| Species: | E. myersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ekemblemaria myersi J. S. Stephens, 1963 | |
References
- Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Ekemblemaria myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183605A8143239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183605A8143239.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ekemblemaria myersi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- 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 12 April 2019.
Further reading
- Stephens, John Stewart (1981). A Revised Classification of the Blennioid Fishes of the American Family Chaenopsidae. University of California Press. OCLC 7504839.
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