Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
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| Malacoctenus boehlkei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | Malacoctenus T. N. Gill, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Clinus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
- Malacoctenus africanus Cadenat, 1951
- Malacoctenus aurolineatus C. L. Smith, 1957 (Goldline blenny)
- Malacoctenus boehlkei V. G. Springer, 1959 (Diamond blenny)
- Malacoctenus brunoi R. Z. P. Guimarães, Nunan (pt) & Gasparini, 2010
- Malacoctenus carrowi Wirtz, 2014 [3]
- Malacoctenus costaricanus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
- Malacoctenus ebisui V. G. Springer, 1959 (Fishgod blenny)
- Malacoctenus erdmani C. L. Smith, 1957
- Malacoctenus gigas V. G. Springer, 1959 (Sonora blenny)
- Malacoctenus gilli Steindachner, 1867 (Dusky blenny)
- Malacoctenus hubbsi V. G. Springer, 1959 (Redside blenny)
- Malacoctenus macropus Poey, 1868 (Rosy blenny)
- Malacoctenus margaritae Fowler, 1944 (Margarita blenny)
- Malacoctenus mexicanus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus polyporosus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus sudensis V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus tetranemus Cope, 1877 (Throatspotted blenny)
- Malacoctenus triangulatus V. G. Springer, 1959 (Saddled blenny)
- Malacoctenus versicolor Poey, 1876 (Barfin blenny)
- Malacoctenus zacae V. G. Springer, 1959 (Zaca blenny)
- Malacoctenus zonifer D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Glossy blenny)
- Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Belted blenny)
External links edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labrisomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Malacoctenus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ Wirtz, P. (2014): A new species of Malacoctenus from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences, 31: 15-20.
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