Malacoctenus macropus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Labrisomidae
- Genus
- Malacoctenus
- Species
- Malacoctenus macropus
- Scientific Name
- Malacoctenus macropus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacoctenus macropus
Malacoctenus macropus, the Rosy blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from southern Florida and the Bahamas to the northern coast of South America. This species inhabits a wide range of habitats including patch reefs, seagrass beds and sponge beds. It can be found at depths of from near the surface to 8 metres (26 ft) though it is more rarely found deeper than 2 metres (6.6 ft). This species can reach a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
...Malacoctenus macropus in languages:
- Czech
- paslizoun růžový
- English
- Rosy 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




























































































































































