Emblemaria caycedoi

Emblemaria caycedoi, the Colombian blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Venezuela and Isla de Providencia, Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.[2] The specific name honours the young marine biologist Enrique Caycedo Lara, who died in 1978.[3]

Emblemaria caycedoi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species:
E. caycedoi
Binomial name
Emblemaria caycedoi
Acero P., 1984

References

  • Acero P., A. 1984 A new species of Emblemaria (Pisces: Clinidae: Chaenopsinae) from the southwestern Caribbean with comments on two other species of the genus. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 35 (no. 2): 187–194.
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Emblemaria caycedoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47142927A48400669. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47142927A48400669.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria caycedoi" 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 13 April 2019.


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