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Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Labrisomidae Labrisomids

Genus: Malacoctenus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Malacoctenus africanus Eastern Atlantic 7.4 TL 1951
Malacoctenus aurolineatus Goldline blenny Western Atlantic 6 TL 1957
Malacoctenus boehlkei Diamond blenny Western Central Atlantic 6.4 TL 1959
Malacoctenus brunoi Trindade scaled-blenny Southwestern Atlantic 4.4 SL 2010
Malacoctenus carrowi Eastern Central Atlantic 3.5 SL 2014
Malacoctenus costaricanus Eastern Central Pacific 1959
Malacoctenus delalandii Brazilian blenny Southwestern Atlantic 8.2 TL 1836
Malacoctenus ebisui Fishgod blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6.5 TL 1959
Malacoctenus erdmani Western Atlantic 3.8 TL 1957
Malacoctenus gigas Sonora blenny Eastern Central Pacific 13 TL 1959
Malacoctenus gilli Dusky blenny Western Atlantic 7.6 TL 1867
Malacoctenus hubbsi Redside blenny Eastern Central Pacific 9 TL 1959
Malacoctenus lianae Noronha scaly blenny Southwestern Atlantic 4.5 SL 2020
Malacoctenus macropus Rosy blenny Western Atlantic 5.5 TL 1868
Malacoctenus margaritae Margarita blenny Eastern Pacific Ocean 6.5 TL 1944
Malacoctenus mexicanus Eastern Pacific Ocean 1959
Malacoctenus polyporosus Eastern Pacific Ocean fro 1959
Malacoctenus sudensis Eastern Pacific Ocean 1959
Malacoctenus tetranemus Throatspotted blenny Eastern Pacific 7.5 TL 1877
Malacoctenus triangulatus Saddled blenny Southwestern Atlantic 7.5 TL 1959
Malacoctenus versicolor Barfin blenny Western Atlantic 7.6 TL 1876
Malacoctenus zacae Zaca blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6.5 TL 1959
Malacoctenus zaluari Rusty scaly blenny Southwestern Atlantic 4.7 SL 2020
Malacoctenus zonifer Glossy blenny Eastern Central Pacific 8 TL 1882
Malacoctenus zonogaster Belted blenny Eastern Pacific 8.5 TL 1903



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013