Labrisomidae

diamond blenny

Malacoctenus boehlkei

Blenny from the Caribbean Sea

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Small
• Tropical fish

Malacoctenus boehlkei, the Diamond blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the central western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where it is an inhabitant of coral reefs at depths of from 5 to 70 metres (16 to 230 ft). This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL. The specific name honour the ichthyologist James E. Böhlke (1930–1982), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.