The bluethroat pikeblenny (''Chaenopsis ocellata'') is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.
C ...
s in the western
Atlantic
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ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
TL. It can also be found in the commercial
aquarium trade.
References
* Gill, T. N. 1865 (May) ''On a new family type of fishes related to the blennioids.'' Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 8 (art. 15): 141–144, Pl. 3.
eprint published between May and July 1865, plate probably in 1866.
External links
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ocellata
Fish of the Caribbean
bluethroat pikeblenny
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