Species: Malacoctenus versicolor, Barfin blenny

Malacoctenus versicolor (Poey, 1876)

Barfin blenny

Head slender, snout pointed; usually 7 or more cirri over both nostrils, a pair of heavily branched nape cirri, a branched cirrus over eye; upper part of rear end of top jaw covered by bone under eye; no small teeth behind outer row of large teeth on upper jaws; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; notch between spines and rays of dorsal fin, XVIII spines; pectoral rays usually 14; pelvic fins with I (internal), 3, last ray difficult to see, its length >1/4 length of longest ray, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; 40-69 lateral line scales; any scales on pectoral base are smaller than body scales; lateral line tubes or canals at least on front of body; smooth scales on rear of body.