Malacoctenus boehlkei

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.^[2] The specific name honour the ichthyologist James E. Böhlke (1930–1982), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.^[3]

Malacoctenus boehlkei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Labrisomidae
Genus:	Malacoctenus
Species:	M. boehlkei
Binomial name
Malacoctenus boehlkei V. G. Springer, 1959