Malacoctenus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Malacoctenus boehlkei (Diamond Blenny).jpg
| image_caption = Malacoctenus boehlkei
| taxon = Malacoctenus
| authority = T. N. Gill, 1860
| type_species = Clinus delalandii
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1836
| synonyms = *Acteis Jordan, 1904
- Tagusa Herre, 1935
| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family|family=Labrisomidae|access-date=29 April 2019}}
}}
Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.{{FishBase genus | genus = Malacoctenus| month = October | year = 2013}}
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
- Malacoctenus africanus Cadenat, 1951
- Malacoctenus aurolineatus C. L. Smith, 1957 (Goldline blenny)
- Malacoctenus boehlkei V. G. Springer, 1959 (Diamond blenny)
- Malacoctenus brunoi R. Z. P. Guimarães, Nunan (pt) & Gasparini, 2010
- Malacoctenus carrowi Wirtz, 2014 Wirtz, P. (2014): A new species of Malacoctenus from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences, 31: 15-20.
- Malacoctenus costaricanus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
- Malacoctenus ebisui V. G. Springer, 1959 (Fishgod blenny)
- Malacoctenus erdmani C. L. Smith, 1957
- Malacoctenus gigas V. G. Springer, 1959 (Sonora blenny)
- Malacoctenus gilli Steindachner, 1867 (Dusky blenny)
- Malacoctenus hubbsi V. G. Springer, 1959 (Redside blenny)
- Malacoctenus macropus Poey, 1868 (Rosy blenny)
- Malacoctenus margaritae Fowler, 1944 (Margarita blenny)
- Malacoctenus mexicanus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus polyporosus V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus sudensis V. G. Springer, 1959
- Malacoctenus tetranemus Cope, 1877 (Throatspotted blenny)
- Malacoctenus triangulatus V. G. Springer, 1959 (Saddled blenny)
- Malacoctenus versicolor Poey, 1876 (Barfin blenny)
- Malacoctenus zacae V. G. Springer, 1959 (Zaca blenny)
- Malacoctenus zonifer D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Glossy blenny)
- Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Belted blenny)
External links
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Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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