Ekemblemaria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Blenniimorphae
Ordo: Blenniiformes
Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Ekemblemaria
Species: E. lira – E. myersi – E. nigra
Name

Ekemblemaria Stephens, 1963
References

Ekemblemaria species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Stephens, J.S., Jr. 1963: A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoölogy, 68, iv + 165 pp., 15 pls.

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ITIS

Ekemblemaria is a genus of chaenopsid blennies found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic oceans.
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Ekemblemaria lira Hastings, 1992
Ekemblemaria myersi J. S. Stephens, 1963 (Reefsand blenny)
Ekemblemaria nigra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (Moth blenny)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ekemblemaria in FishBase. February 2013 version.