Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Bluethroat Pikeblenny
Chaenopsis ocellata
Bluethroat Pikeblenny
Category: Tube Blennies
Scientific Name: Chaenopsis ocellata
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 5-25 ft. (2-8 m)
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Blenniiformes (Order)
     └Chaenopsidae (Family) Tube Blennies
      └Chaenopsis (Genus)
       └C. ocellata (Species)

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