Acanthemblemaria atrata Cocos barnacle blenny

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Scientific:: Acanthemblemaria atrata
German:: Schleimfisch
English:: Cocos Barnacle Blenny

Category:: Blennies
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Acanthemblemaria (Genus) > atrata (Species)
Initial determination:: Hastings & Robertson, 1999

Occurrence:: Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Costa Rica
Size:: up to 1.26" (3.2 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae, Invertebrates
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Acanthemblemaria aspera
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Acanthemblemaria atrata
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Acanthemblemaria balanorum
Schleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria betinensis
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria castroi
"Galapagos-Seepocken"-Schleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria chaplini
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria crockeri
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
Acanthemblemaria hancocki
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria harpeza
Acanthemblemaria hastingsi
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
Schleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria mangognatha
Revillagigedo Nonnenschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria maria
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria medusa
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria paula
Acanthemblemaria rivasi
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria spinosa
Hechtschleimfisch
Acanthemblemaria stephensi
Hechtschleimfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-28 20:01:55
Last edit:: 2015-03-28 20:01:55

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Hastings & Robertson, 1999

Very special thanks for the first four photos of Acanthemblemaria atrata to Dr. Ross Robertson, Australia.
Dr. Robertson has take these photos at Cocos Island, Costa Rica, where the blenny live in a depth of 5 to 31 meters in shallow water habitats.

It is found in barnacles and worm tubes on rocky shores and in rocky and coral reefs.

This species is endemic to Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Acanthemblemaria (Genus) > Acanthemblemaria atrata (Species)

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