Malacoctenus ebisui
Malacoctenus ebisui, the Fishgod blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Panama. This species can reach a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL.[2] The specific name refers to Ebisu, a Japanese god of fishermen, as does the common name.[3]
| Malacoctenus ebisui | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Malacoctenus |
| Species: | M. ebisui |
| Binomial name | |
| Malacoctenus ebisui V. G. Springer, 1959 | |
References
- Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Malacoctenus ebisui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183420A8110626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183420A8110626.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus ebisui" 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.
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