Gobioclinus bucciferus (Poey, 1868) is a animal in the Labrisomidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gobioclinus bucciferus (Poey, 1868)

Gobioclinus bucciferus (Poey, 1868)

Gobioclinus bucciferus, the Puffcheek blenny, is a small labrisomid blenny native to the western Atlantic and Caribbean.

Family
Genus
Gobioclinus
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Gobioclinus bucciferus (Poey, 1868)

Gobioclinus bucciferus, commonly called the Puffcheek blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It inhabits reefs, seagrass beds, and algal mats along rubble or rocky shores, down to a depth of 5 metres (16 ft). This species can grow to a total length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in), and it is also traded for aquariums.

Photo: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Labrisomidae Gobioclinus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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