Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labrisomidae > Malacoctenus > Malacoctenus delalandii

Malacoctenus delalandii (Delalande Blenny; Brazilian blenny)

Synonyms: Clinus delalandii; Malacoctenus delalandi
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Malacoctenus delalandii is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from Guatemala to Brazil. This species is an inhabitant of coral reefs being found in sandy areas and around beds of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. It can reach a length of 8.2 centimetres (3.2 in) TL.
View Wikipedia Record: Malacoctenus delalandii

Prey / Diet

Caprella scaura[1]
Cymadusa filosa[1]
Cymodoce brasiliensis[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Diplodus argenteus (silver porgy)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Dieta e comportamento alimentar de Malacoctenus delalandii (Perciformes: Labrisomidae), Pedro Henrique Cipresso Pereira & Giuliano Buzá Jacobucci, Biota Neotrop., vol. 8, no. 3, Jul./Set. 2008
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0