''Chaenopsis resh'' is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reef
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s around
Venezuela
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and
Colombia
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, in the western central
Atlantic Ocean
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. It can reach a maximum length of
TL.
References
* Robins, C. R. and J. E. Randall 1965 (28 Oct.) ''Three new western Atlantic fishes of the blennioid genus Chaenopsis, with notes on the related Lucayablennius zingaro.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 117 (no. 6): 213–234.
resh
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Fish described in 1965
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