''Lupinoblennius'' is a genus of
combtooth blennies
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropic ...
found in the western
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
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Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
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Lupinoblennius nicholsi
''Lupinoblennius nicholsi'', the highfin blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic ocean, on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in north-eastern Mexico and Texas, it has also been recorded from Englewood, Florida. This ...
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( Tavolga, 1954) (Highfin blenny)
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Lupinoblennius paivai
''Lupinoblennius paivai'', Paiva's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to a small area Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina where its habitat is the tidal reaches of coastal streams and small rivers. This species can grow to a lengt ...
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( S. Y. Pinto, 1958) (Paiva's blenny)
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Lupinoblennius vinctus
''Lupinoblennius vinctus'', the mangrove blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Atlantic ocean, from southern Florida and the Antilles as well as from Mexico to Panama where it has reached the Pacific end of the Pan ...
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( Poey, 1867) (Mangrove blenny)
References
Salarinae
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