- Source: Brockius
Brockius is a genus of labrisomid blennies from the waters of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic where they are associated with reefs and seaweed-covered rocks.
Species
The species in the genus are:
Brockius albigenys (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (White-cheek blenny)
Brockius nigricinctus (Howell-Rivero), 1936 (Spotcheek blenny)
Brockius striatus (C. L. Hubbs, 1953) (Green blenny)
Taxonomy
The name Brockius was coined by Clark L. Hubbs as a subgenus of Labrisomus but has been raised to a genus in its own right.
Etymology
The generic name honours the ichthyologist and herpetologist Vernon E. Brock (1912-1971) who collected the type of B. striatus.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Brockius
- Brockius nigricinctus
- Brockius striatus
- Brockius albigenys
- Labrisomid
- List of fishes of Florida
- List of least concern perciform fishes
- Miles Kirkpatrick
