Malacoctenus delalandii

Malacoctenus delalandii is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from Guatemala to Brazil. This species is an inhabitant of coral reefs being found in sandy areas and around beds of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. It can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) TL.[2] The specific name honours the French explorer and naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande (1787-1823), who collected the type.[3]

Malacoctenus delalandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
Species:
M. delalandii
Binomial name
Malacoctenus delalandii
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Clinus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
  • Malacoctenus delalandei (Valenciennes, 1836)

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Malacoctenus delalandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47144430A48408265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47144430A48408265.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Malacoctenus delalandii" 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.


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