Acanthemblemaria hastingsi explained

Acanthemblemaria hastingsi, the Cortez barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum length of 5.1cm (02inches) SL, while females can reach a maximum length of 4cm (02inches). The specific name honours the marine biologist Philip A. Hastings of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE . ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 10 November 2018 . 10 April 2019 . 10 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410172110/http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes3/ . live .

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