Malacoctenus tetranemus

Malacoctenus tetranemus, the throatspotted blenny[2] or chameleon clinid,[1] is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru as well as around the Galapagos Islands. It inhabits rocky areas where it lives in tide pools and shallows generally at depths of from 6 to 23 metres (20 to 75 ft). This species can reach a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.[2]

Malacoctenus tetranemus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
Species:
M. tetranemus
Binomial name
Malacoctenus tetranemus
(Cope, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Blennius tetranemus Cope, 1877
  • Labrisomus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946
  • Malacoctenus afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946)

References
  1. Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A. (2010). "Malacoctenus tetranemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183555A8134099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183555A8134099.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus tetranemus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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