''Protemblemaria punctata'', the Warthead blenny, is a species of
chaenopsid
The blennioid family Chaenopsidae includes the pike-blennies, tube-blennies, and flagblennies, all percomorph marine fish in the order Blenniiformes. The family is strictly tropical, ranging from North to South America. Members are also present ...
blenny
endemic to the
Atlantic coast of northeast
Venezuela where it is found on shallow, sandy bottoms down to a depth of . This fish can reach a maximum size of
TL.
References
* Cervigón, F. 1966. Los peces marinos de Venezuela (2 vols.). Estacion de. Investigaciones Marihas de Margarita, Caracas. ''Fundación Cientifica Los Roques. 1-951.''
Fish of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
punctata
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish described in 1966
Taxa named by Fernando Cervigón
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