Brockius
Genus of fishes
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Brockius is a genus of labrisomid blennies from the waters of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic where they are associated with reefs and seaweed-covered rocks.
| Brockius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Brockius C. Hubbs, 1953 |
| Type species | |
| Labrosomus striatus Clark L. Hubbs, 1953[1] | |
Species
The species in the genus are:[2]
- Brockius albigenys (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (White-cheek blenny)
- Brockius nigricinctus (Howell-Rivero), 1936 (Spotcheek blenny)
- Brockius striatus (C. L. Hubbs, 1953) (Green blenny)
Taxonomy
The name Brockius was coined by Clark L. Hubbs as a subgenus of Labrisomus but has been raised to a genus in its own right.[3]
Etymology
The generic name honours the ichthyologist and herpetologist Vernon E. Brock (1912-1971) who collected the type of B. striatus.[4]