Malacoctenus
Malacoctenus boehlkei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
T. N. Gill, 1860
Type species
Clinus delalandii
Valenciennes, 1836
Synonyms[1]

Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labrisomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Malacoctenus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. Wirtz, P. (2014): A new species of Malacoctenus from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences, 31: 15-20.


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