Species: Gobioclinus haitiensis, Longfin blenny
no opercular ocellus, dark bar under eye
Gobioclinus haitiensis Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
Longfin blenny
Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; eye large; a branched cirrus over each eye, 2 or more heavily branched cirri on each side of nape; mouth large, slightly oblique, rear of top jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; patches of small teeth behind outer row of large teeth on upper jaw; teeth present on sides of roof of mouth, some of those are distinctly larger than teeth at front of roof of mouth; notch between spines and rays of dorsal fin, XX, 10-12, 1st spine longest; anal fin II, usually 20-21; pelvic fins long, with 1 internal spine, 3 soft rays, length of 3rd <½ length of longest ray, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; pectoral rays usually 14; 43-46 lateral line scales; lateral line tubes or canals at least on front of body; smooth scales on rear of body.
Head dark; 6-7 dark brown bars from top to bottom of body, front bars extend onto dorsal and anal fins, 2nd bar narrow; no ocellus on operculum; dark bar down from eye; all fins speckled or barred; anal fin barred; tail fin base with 3 light spots.
Reaches 7.1 cm.
Lives on patch reefs and often in live coral formations, in situations varying from dropoffs to lagoons.
Depth range: 3-24 m.
The Gulf of Mexico to the S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Bony fishes
- Sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 24
- Length Max
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- 7.1
