''Emblemaria nivipes'', the whiteback signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around

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and

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, in the eastern central

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. It can reach a maximum length of SL. This species feeds primarily on

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References

* Jordan, D.S., and C.H. Gilbert, 1883 (22–29 May) ''List of fishes now in the museum of Yale College, collected by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, at Panama, with descriptions of three new species.'' Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 329): 620–632. p. 620–624 published 22 May, 625-632 on 29 May. nivipes Fish described in 1883 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert {{Chaenopsidae-stub