Malacoctenus erdmani: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Labrisomidae
- Genus
- Malacoctenus
- Species
- Malacoctenus erdmani
- Scientific Name
- Malacoctenus erdmani
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacoctenus erdmani
Malacoctenus erdmani is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from the Bahamas to Curaçao. This species is an inhabitant of reefs where it prefers areas that provide hiding places such as coral rubble and rock and patches of algae. It can reach a length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) TL. The specific name honours the fishery biologist Donald S. Erdman.
...Malacoctenus erdmani in languages:
- English
- Imitator Blenny
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Malacoctenus africanus
- Malacoctenus aurolineatus
- Malacoctenus boehlkei
- Malacoctenus brunoi
- Malacoctenus carrowi
- Malacoctenus costaricanus
- Malacoctenus delalandii
- Malacoctenus ebisui
- Malacoctenus erdmani
- Malacoctenus gigas
- Malacoctenus gilli
- Malacoctenus hubbsi
- Malacoctenus lianae
- Malacoctenus macropus
- Malacoctenus margaritae
- Malacoctenus mexicanus
- Malacoctenus polyporosus
- Malacoctenus sudensis
- Malacoctenus tetranemus
- Malacoctenus triangulatus
- Malacoctenus versicolor
- Malacoctenus zacae
- Malacoctenus zaluari
- Malacoctenus zonifer
- Malacoctenus zonogaster













