''Acanthemblemaria harpeza'' is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found around
Navassa Island, in the western central
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
ocean.
Etymology
The species name "''harpeza''" is
Greek for "thorn hedge", referring to the thornbush-like nasal and orbital spines and
cirri
Giovanni Battista Cirri (1 October 1724 – 11 June 1808) was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century.
Biography
Cirri was born in Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy. He had his first musical training with his brother ...
on the blennies' heads.
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References
harpeza
Fish described in 2002
Fish of the Caribbean
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