browncheek blenny
Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
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
The browncheek blenny (Acanthemblemaria crockeri) is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California; a semi-enclosed marginal sea of the eastern Pacific Ocean; they can also be known as tube blennies or Tubícola de cachetón. Globally, the Acanthemblemaria family has twenty species in the genus. This species is one of the Chaenopsids that live in Baja California; the others being the Cortez stinger blenny, Thorny-headed blenny, and Angel rockfish. They thrive in shallow coral reef habitats with small spaces and crevices where they can avoid predators and eat zooplankton and pelagic fish eggs. It can reach a maximum length of 6 cm (2.4 in), but is more commonly found less than 3 cm TL. The identity of the person honored in the specific name of this specie was not specified but it is thought to be the explorer and philanthropist Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948).
Wikipedia contributors, Acanthemblemaria crockeri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:38:49.482682+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
- Name authority
- Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
- Common name
- browncheek blenny
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Chaenopsidae
- Genus
- Acanthemblemaria
- 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
- genusAcanthemblemaria Metzelaar, 1919
- speciesAcanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acanthemblemaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| roughhead blennyAcanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927) | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria betinensis Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria exilispinus Stephens, 1963 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria hastingsi Lin & Galland, 2010 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria medusa Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria rivasi Stephens, 1970 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spinyhead blennyAcanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar, 1919 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthemblemaria harpeza Williams, 2002 | ChaenopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican barnacle blennyAcanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940 | 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.
- Beebe, W., & Tee-Van, J. (1938). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society, XV. Seven new marine fishes from Lower California. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 23 (pt 3, no. 15): 299–312, Pls. 1–3. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.184697 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:8TJ5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.