Lucayablennius zingaro

Lucayablennius zingaro, the arrow blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around the Bahamas and the Caribbean, in the western central Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

Lucayablennius zingaro

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Lucayablennius
Böhlke, 1958
Species:
L. zingaro
Binomial name
Lucayablennius zingaro
(Böhlke, 1957)
Synonyms

Lucaya zingaro Böhlke, 1957

References

  • Böhlke, J. E. 1957 (26 July) A review of the blenny genus Chaenopsis, and the description of a related new genus from the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 109: 81-103, Pls. 5-6.
  • Böhlke, J. E. 1958 (21 Feb.) Substitute names for Nystactes Böhlke and Lucaya Böhlke, preoccupied. Copeia 1958 (no. 1): 59.
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Lucayablennius zingaro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47143309A48403427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47143309A48403427.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lucayablennius zingaro" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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