pirate blenny
Emblemaria piratula Ginsburg & Reid, 1942
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Emblemaria piratula, the pirate blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs in the western central Atlantic ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. It is also found in the aquarium trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Emblemaria piratula; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:33:35.826089+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Emblemaria piratula Ginsburg & Reid, 1942
- Name authority
- Ginsburg & Reid, 1942
- Common name
- pirate blenny
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Chaenopsidae
- Genus
- Emblemaria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyChaenopsidae Gill, 1865
- genusEmblemaria Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- speciesEmblemaria piratula Ginsburg & Reid, 1942
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Emblemaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| banner blennyEmblemaria atlantica Jordan & Evermann, 1898 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria caldwelli Stephens, 1970 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria culmenis Stephens, 1970 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf signal blennyEmblemaria hypacanthus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria australis Ramos, Rocha & Rocha, 2003 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria biocellata Stephens, 1970 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria caycedoi Acero P., 1984 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria hudsoni Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria hyltoni Johnson & Greenfield, 1976 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emblemaria nivipes Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sailfin blennyEmblemaria pandionis Evermann & Marsh, 1900 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sailfin signal blennyEmblemaria piratica Ginsburg, 1942 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ginsburg, I. (1942). Seven new American fishes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 32 (12): 364–370. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39G28. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.