Emblemaria walkeri

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Emblemaria walkeri, the elusive signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.[2] The specific name honours fisheries biologist Boyd W. Walker (1917-2001) of the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

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Emblemaria walkeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Emblemaria
Species:
E. walkeri
Binomial name
Emblemaria walkeri
J. S. Stephens, 1963
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