''Emblemariopsis bottomei'', the Shorthead blenny or the Midnight blenny, is a species of
chaenopsid blenny found in
coral reef
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Co ...
s in the western central
Atlantic
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ocean. It can reach a maximum length of
SL. The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours Peter Bottome, although who this is, is not specified but it may possibly be the
Venezuelan
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businessman
Peter Bottome Deery (1937-2016).
References
* Stephens, J.S., Jr., 1961 (10 Nov.) ''A description of a new genus and two new species of chaenopsid blennies from the western Atlantic.'' Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 349: 1–8.
bottomei
Taxa named by John S. Stephens Jr.
Fish described in 1961
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