Emblemaria walkeri

Emblemaria walkeri, the Elusive signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2] The specific name honours fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917-2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Emblemaria walkeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Emblemaria
Species:	E. walkeri
Binomial name
Emblemaria walkeri J. S. Stephens, 1963

References

• Stephens, J.S. Jr., 1963 (31 Dec.) A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15.

1. Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Emblemaria walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184020A8220762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184020A8220762.en.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria walkeri" 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 13 April 2019.