Species: Acanthemblemaria betinensis, Speckled blenny
Acanthemblemaria betinensis Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974
Speckled blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; 2 rows of short blunt spines from snout to between eyes, a short transverse row behind each eye; 1 pair of moderately branched cirri over eyes; nostrils with cirri; multiple rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XXII-XXV, 14-16, front of fin with large fleshy flap, a notch between spiny and soft parts; anal fin II, 23-25; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Dark brown background, males darker; sides with rows of pale elongate spots (smaller and more numerous in male); a dark eye-size blotch atop head behind eye; a dark blotch between dorsal spines III-V.
Reaches 5.4 cm.
Lives in holes in rocky areas, often with turbid, sometimes brackish, water, with little live coral.
Depth range: 0-3 m.
SW Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef only
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Gulf of Mexico endemic
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 3
