''Ekemblemaria lira'' is a species of chaenopsid blenny known from a single specimen from

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, near

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, in the eastern

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ocean.

References

* Hastings, P. A. 1992 (18 Aug.) ''Ekemblemaria lira, a new blennioid fish from Ecuador, with comments on sexual dimorphism and relationships in Ekemblemaria (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae).'' Copeia 1992 (no. 3): 769–776.

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Fish described in 1992 {{Chaenopsidae-stub