Malacoctenus boehlkei

Malacoctenus boehlkei
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Malacoctenus
Species:	M. boehlkei
Binomial name
	Malacoctenus boehlkei; V. G. Springer, 1959

Malacoctenus boehlkei, the Diamond blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the central western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where it is an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths of from 5 to 70 metres (16 to 230 ft). This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL.[2] The specific name honour the ichthyologist James E. Böhlke (1930-1982), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Malacoctenus boehlkei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47144358A48381236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47144358A48381236.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus boehlkei" in FishBase. October 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 30 April 2019.

External links

Photos of Malacoctenus boehlkei on Sealife Collection

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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Malacoctenus boehlkei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47144358A48381236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47144358A48381236.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus boehlkei" in FishBase. October 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 30 April 2019.