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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyLabrisomidae
  5. ›genusMalacoctenus
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Mexican Margarita Blenny

Malacoctenus mexicanus Springer, 1959

Also calledTrambollo mexicano (spa)

First described in: Springer, V. G. (1959). Systematics and zoogeography of the clinid fishes of the subtribe Labrisomini Hubbs. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas.</em> 5 (for Dec. 1958): 417-492.

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description

Mexican Blenny. To 6.5 cm (2.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2015). Punta Tosco (24 ° 18 ’ N, 111 ° 43 ’ W) (southern Baja California) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) into Gulf of California to southern Mexico (Robertson and Allen 2015). Benthic; depth: 1 – 29 m (3 – 90 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2015; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5961740.