''Emblemaria walkeri'', the elusive signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the

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, in the eastern central

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

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. The

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honours fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917-2001) of the

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References

* Stephens, J.S. Jr., 1963 (31 Dec.) ''A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae.'' University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1–165, Pls. 1-15. walkeri Fish described in 1963 {{Chaenopsidae-stub