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Blenniidae
crested blenny
Hypleurochilus geminatus
Ten Centimeters Blenny from Western Atlantic
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallHypleurochilus geminatus, the crested blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Hypleurochilus
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Texas, including southern Florida in the USA. Recorded from coast of Central and South America (to Brazil), but these records probably are not of this species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
