Malacoctenus gigas: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Labrisomidae
- Genus
- Malacoctenus
- Species
- Malacoctenus gigas
- Scientific Name
- Malacoctenus gigas
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacoctenus gigas
Malacoctenus gigas, the Sonora blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny endemic to the Gulf of California. It is a shallow water species inhabiting patches of seaweed on reefs. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.
...Malacoctenus gigas in languages:
- English
- Sonoran blenny
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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