Species: Paraclinus barbatus, Goatee blenny
red/orange; back: white blotches
Paraclinus barbatus Springer, 1955
Goatee blenny
Elongate, snout bluntly pointed; a prominent eye-length barbell on tip of chin; simple cirri on nostrils, cirri on eyes and nape are paddle-like with rounded knobs on their ends; opercular spine reaches past under 3rd dorsal spine; dorsal fin XXVIII-XXIX flexible spines, 1 ray, deep notch between 3rd and 4th dorsal spines, front spines slightly elevated; anal fin II, 19-20; pectorals 13; pelvic fins I (internal), 3; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line complete, continuous, arched over pectoral fin, 37 scales, many without tubes; smooth scales on rear of body.
Body burnt orange to red; upper body with large irregular white blotches; head darker, grading to purplish red at front; snout and chin barbel whitish; a purplish-red, white bordered bar from eye down to underside; iris orange red, with black radiating lines; a white blotch from lower edge of preopercle down to underside; a white blotch down and back from inner pectoral base to underside; pectoral and pelvics yellow, with 3 black bars; dorsal fin with orange base, white outer part, 3 black, yellow-and red-ringed ocelli on rear part; anal fin base black, outer part white; tail fin white, with black bars.
Reaches 5 cm.
Lives in areas of rich coral cover on dropoffs.
Depth range: 12-50 m.
The Bahamas 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
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 12
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
