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Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966
Name authority
Cervigón, 1966
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Blenniiformes
Family
Chaenopsidae
Genus
Protemblemaria
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderBlenniiformes
  11. familyChaenopsidae Gill, 1865
  12. genusProtemblemaria Stephens, 1963
  13. speciesProtemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Protemblemaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Protemblemaria bicirrus (Hildebrand, 1946)ChaenopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Protemblemaria perla Hastings, 2001ChaenopsidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 78 records assigned to Chaenopsidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Coralliozetus punctatus (Cervigón, 1966) (Cervigón, 1966)synonym

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.

  1. Cervigón, F. (1966). Los peces marinos de Venezuela (2 vols.). Estación de. Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Monografía, Nos 11–12. 1–951. [[In Spanish. Vol. 1, (Monografía no. 11), published 4 Feb. 1966: 1–436, 1 map; v. 2 (Monografía no. 12), published 30 June 1966: 437–951. Author also seen as Fernando Cervigón M.]]. 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:4N39M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.