Acanthemblemaria crockeri

The browncheek blenny (Acanthemblemaria crockeri) is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6 cm (2.4 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2] The identity of the person honoured in the specific name of this specie was not specified but it is thought to be the explorer and philanthropist Charles Templeton Crocker (1884-1948).[3]

Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Species:
A. crockeri
Binomial name
Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

References
  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P.A. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria crockeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183505A8124726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183505A8124726.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Acanthemblemaria crockeri" 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 9 April 2019.


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