Cirriemblemaria lucasana Plume blenny

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Cirriemblemaria lucasana ,Puerto Vallarta 2010, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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Cirriemblemaria lucasana ,Temperate eastern Pacific 2009, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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Cirriemblemaria lucasana ,Temperate eastern Pacific 2008, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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lexID:: 8202
AphiaID:: 280198

Scientific:: Cirriemblemaria lucasana
German:: Federsbuch Blenny
English:: Plume Blenny

Category:: Blennies
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Cirriemblemaria (Genus) > lucasana (Species)
Initial determination:: (Stephens, ), 1963

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Mexico (East Pacific)
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Invertebrates, Zooplankton
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:

Cirriemblemaria lucasana
Federsbuch Blenny

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-29 12:56:20
Last edit:: 2015-03-29 12:56:20

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Cirriemblemaria lucasana (Stephens, 1963)

Cirriemblemaria lucasana commonly known as Plume blenny can be found in coral reefs in the Gulf of California. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton and inhabitsempty mollusc tubes on rocky reefs.

Due to the fact of the Plume on the head the under water photographer Dr.Alicia Hermosillo called him jokingly "Punk blennie".

Synonym:
Protemblemaria lucasana

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaenopsidae (Family) > Cirriemblemaria (Genus) > Cirriemblemaria lucasana (Species)

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