''Ekemblemaria nigra'', the Moth blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in

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, in the western

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. It can reach a maximum length of TL.

References

* Meek, S. E. and S. F. Hildebrand. 1928 (1 Sept.) ''The marine fishes of Panama. Part III.'' Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709–1045, Pls. 72-102. nigra Fish described in 1928 {{Chaenopsidae-stub