''Acanthemblemaria macrospilus'', the barnacle blenny, is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.
Co ...
s in the eastern central
Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
TL. This species feeds primarily on
zooplankton
Zooplankton are the animal component of the planktonic community ("zoo" comes from the Greek word for ''animal''). Plankton are aquatic organisms that are unable to swim effectively against currents, and consequently drift or are carried along by ...
.
References
macrospilus
Fish of the Gulf of California
Fish of Mexican Pacific coast
barnacle blenny
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