Brockius is a genus of labrisomid blennies from the waters of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic where they are associated with reefs and seaweed-covered rocks.
Species The species in the genus are:
Brockius albigenys (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (White-cheek blenny) Brockius nigricinctus (Howell-Rivero), 1936 (Spotcheek blenny) Brockius striatus (C. L. Hubbs, 1953) (Green blenny)
Taxonomy The name Brockius was coined by Clark L. Hubbs as a subgenus of Labrisomus but has been raised to a genus in its own right.
Etymology The generic name honours the ichthyologist and herpetologist Vernon E. Brock (1912-1971) who collected the type of B. striatus.
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