Emblemaria nivipes

Emblemaria nivipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species: E. nivipes
Binomial name
Emblemaria nivipes
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883
Synonyms
  • Emblemaria guttata (Ginsburg, 1942)

Emblemaria nivipes, the Whiteback signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Costa Rica and Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Emblemaria nivipes" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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