''Lupinoblennius'' is a genus of
combtooth blennies
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropica ...
found in the western
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Lupinoblennius nicholsi''
( Tavolga, 1954) (Highfin blenny)
* ''
Lupinoblennius paivai
''Lupinoblennius paivai'', Paiva's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to a small area Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina where its habitat is the tidal reaches of coastal streams and small rivers. This species can grow to a leng ...
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( S. Y. Pinto, 1958) (Paiva's blenny)
* ''
Lupinoblennius vinctus
''Lupinoblennius vinctus'', the mangrove blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Atlantic ocean, from southern Florida
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( Poey, 1867) (Mangrove blenny)
References
Salarinae
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