Malacoctenus tetranemus

Malacoctenus tetranemus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Blennioidei
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Malacoctenus
Species:	M. tetranemus
Binomial name
	Malacoctenus tetranemus; (Cope, 1877)
Synonyms
	Blennius tetranemus Cope, 1877; Labrisomus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946; Malacoctenus afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946);

Malacoctenus tetranemus, the Throatspotted blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru as well as around the Galapagos Islands. It inhabits rocky areas where it lives in tide pools and shallows generally at depths of from 6 to 23 metres (20 to 75 ft). This species can reach a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.^[2]

References

^ Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Malacoctenus tetranemus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 December 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Malacoctenus tetranemus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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[1] Hastings, P. & Dominici-Arosemena, A. 2010. Malacoctenus tetranemus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 December 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Malacoctenus tetranemus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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