Description

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Common Names

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Clubhead barnacle blenny , English , Mexico

Clubhead blenny , English , UK

龜頭棘胎鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

龟头棘胎鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Blenia , Spanish , Mexico

Tubícola espinudo , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Chaenopsidae

Genus: Acanthemblemaria

Species: Acanthemblemaria balanorum Brock, 1940

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California.

Biology

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Found exclusively in empty barnacle shells on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton. Oviparous (Ref. 56066). Eggs are attached to the walls of the parent's shelter and are brooded by the male parent (Ref. 56066).

Habitat

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associated