Acanthemblemaria

Acanthemblemaria
Acanthemblemaria atrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Acanthemblemaria , 1919
Type species
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar, 1919

Acanthemblemaria is a genus of chaenopsid blennies native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Species[]

The 21 recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927) (roughhead blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria atrata & , 1999 (Cocos barnacle blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria balanorum , 1940 (clubhead blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria betinensis & , 1974 (speckled blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria castroi & , 1966 (Galapagos barnacle blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria chaplini J. E. Böhlke, 1957 (papillose blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 (browncheek blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria exilispinus J. S. Stephens, 1963 (bluntspine blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (false papillose blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria hancocki G. S. Myers & , 1936 (Hancock's blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria harpeza J. T. Williams, 2002
• Acanthemblemaria hastingsi & , 2010 (Cortez barnacle blenny)^[2]
• Acanthemblemaria johnsoni & , 1996
• Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940 (barnacle blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria mangognatha Hastings & D. R. Robertson, 1999 (Revillagigedo barnacle blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria maria J. E. Böhlke] 1961 (secretary blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria medusa Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (Medusa blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria paula & , 1989 (dwarf spinyhead blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria rivasi J. S. Stephens, 1970 (spotjaw blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria spinosa , 1919 (spinyhead blenny)
• Acanthemblemaria stephensi Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1988 (Malpelo barnacle blenny)

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