Malacoctenus boehlkei
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Genus: | Malacoctenus
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Species: | M. boehlkei
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Malacoctenus boehlkei V. G. Springer, 1959
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Malacoctenus boehlkei, the Diamond blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the central western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where it is an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths of from 5 to 70 metres (16 to 230 ft). This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL.[1]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Malacoctenus boehlkei" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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