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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyLabrisomidae
  5. ›genusMalacoctenus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Orangesaddled Blenny

Malacoctenus africanus Cadenat, 1951

Also calledPez diablo de Goree (spa)

First described in: Cadenat, J. (1951). Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de mer du Sénégal. <em>Institute Francais d'Afrique Noire.</em> 1-345. [1950 on cover, apparently published in 1951.].

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2389499.