Montagu's blenny
| Montagu's blenny | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Coryphoblennius Norman, 1943 |
| Species: | C. galerita
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| Coryphoblennius galerita | |
The Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) is a species of combtooth blenny found in the intertidal zones of the eastern Atlantic ocean from England to Madeira and the Canary Islands as well the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. This species prefers rocky shores with much wave action. This species grows to a length of 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) SL. It is the only species in the genus Coryphoblennius.[2][3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2014.3
- ^ Frederico Almada; Vítor C. Almada; Thomas Guillemaud; Peter Wirtz (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean blenniids" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (3): 283–295. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00519.x.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Coryphoblennius galerita" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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