Species: Lupinoblennius vinctus, Atlantic mangrove blenny

Lupinoblennius vinctus (Poey, 1867)

Atlantic mangrove blenny

Body and head compressed; a single unbranched cirrus over eye (larger in male), no cirri on nape or over nostrils; front nostril tubular with short filament, rear nostril a raised rim; jaw teeth in single rows, fixed, bluntly pointed, with a canine tooth at rear of top and bottom jaws, canines larger in males; gill membranes free, forming a transverse flap under throat; dorsal fin XII, a rounded flap in front of upper part of 1st spine, 13-14, without a notch between spiny and soft parts, soft part of fin higher than spiny part; anal II, 14-16, in males the spines and all but the last 2-3 rays have a swollen fleshy tip; some rays of tail fin branched; lateral line in 2 parts, top part from top corner of operculum to under 9th spine, lower part along midline from above origin of anal fin, short (5-8 pores); no scales.