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Emblemaria nivipes
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Emblemaria
Species:	E. nivipes
Binomial name
Emblemaria nivipes D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883
Synonyms
Emblemaria guttata (Ginsburg, 1942)

Emblemaria nivipes, the whiteback signal blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Costa Rica and Colombia, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. This species feeds primarily on zooplankton.

References

• Jordan, D.S., and C.H. Gilbert, 1883 (22–29 May) List of fishes now in the museum of Yale College, collected by Prof. Frank H. Bradley, at Panama, with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 329): 620–632.

1. Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Emblemaria nivipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183676A8156618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183676A8156618.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Emblemaria nivipes". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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