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  • eye cirrus 1-6 branches
    head reddish
    body white + 6 black bars
    3-4 pores each side lower jaw
  • body, head & fins dark brown
    C whitish + 3-5 dark bars
  • male nape: pair skin crests
    eye cirrus - broad base, small basal branches
    grey-brown + orange spots.
    Hypleurochilus geminatus, Crested Blenny
    preoperculum pores single
    pelvic I, 3
    A usually 17 segmented rays
  • eye cirrus - stalk + top branches
    male: pair skin folds on nape
    brown + indistinct pale lines
    Hypleurochilus multifilis, Featherduster Blenny
    preoperculum pores - groups of 5+
    pelvic I, 3
    A usually 17 segmented rays
  • eye cirrus: tall stalk + basal branches
    eye with THIN red radial spokes
    upper body: groups of 4 spots - > 6 dark blotches
    D black spot at front
    no orange spots on head
    Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis, Oyster Blenny, Atlantic Oyster Blenny
    5 pores each side lower jaw
    pelvic I, 4
  • head & front body: orange spots
    eye cirrus short, few branches
    eye-wide red radial spokes from pupil
    white spots - edges preopercle, opercle, over pectoral
    upper body: groups of spots form 4-5 bars
    Hypleurochilus springeri, Orangespotted Blenny
    preoperculum pores single
    pelvic I, 4