Protemblemaria perla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Protemblemaria |
Species: | P. perla
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Binomial name | |
Protemblemaria perla
Hastings, 2001
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Protemblemaria perla, the pearl blenny, [2] is a species of chaenopsid blenny.
The specific name "perla", used as a noun in apposition, simultaneously refers to the pearly white bar-colouring on the body and to the Pearl Islands, where the three type specimens were collected. [2]
Based on the extremely limited sample available, males of this species are known to reach a maximum length of approximately 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) SL while females are known to reach approximately 3 centimetres (1.2 in). [2] The blennies are primarily brown and yellow in colour, also displaying the aforementioned white stripes. [2] The eyes of the blenny possess pale irises with yellow or rusty lines stemming from the pupils, and pale blue dots underneath the eye sockets and around the jaws. [2] P. perla shares the radiating lines in its eyes with its sister species P. bicirrus and P. punctata, a trait Hastings describes as being possibly unique to members of Protemblemaria. As is typical of the genus, P. perla possesses fleshy ridges between the eyes and the snout. [2] Hastings theorizes that Protemblemaria perla is most closely related to its southern Caribbean sister taxon P. punctata. [2]
The full extent of the distribution of Protemblemaria perla is uncertain, as it is only known from two male and a single female specimen collected from Isla del Rey, Pearl Islands, Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. [3]
Protemblemaria perla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Chaenopsidae |
Genus: | Protemblemaria |
Species: | P. perla
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Binomial name | |
Protemblemaria perla
Hastings, 2001
|
Protemblemaria perla, the pearl blenny, [2] is a species of chaenopsid blenny.
The specific name "perla", used as a noun in apposition, simultaneously refers to the pearly white bar-colouring on the body and to the Pearl Islands, where the three type specimens were collected. [2]
Based on the extremely limited sample available, males of this species are known to reach a maximum length of approximately 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) SL while females are known to reach approximately 3 centimetres (1.2 in). [2] The blennies are primarily brown and yellow in colour, also displaying the aforementioned white stripes. [2] The eyes of the blenny possess pale irises with yellow or rusty lines stemming from the pupils, and pale blue dots underneath the eye sockets and around the jaws. [2] P. perla shares the radiating lines in its eyes with its sister species P. bicirrus and P. punctata, a trait Hastings describes as being possibly unique to members of Protemblemaria. As is typical of the genus, P. perla possesses fleshy ridges between the eyes and the snout. [2] Hastings theorizes that Protemblemaria perla is most closely related to its southern Caribbean sister taxon P. punctata. [2]
The full extent of the distribution of Protemblemaria perla is uncertain, as it is only known from two male and a single female specimen collected from Isla del Rey, Pearl Islands, Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. [3]