Species: Acanthemblemaria chaplini, Papillose blenny
papillae: 3-6 between eyes, 1 between nostrils
row white dashes top back, lower head & D base white spots
Acanthemblemaria chaplini Bohlke, 1957
Papillose blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; short knobby spines on 2 low ridges from between eyes to mid-snout, raised edges at sides of area between eyes with a row of 3-6 blunt papillae; short blunt papilla on side of snout between front and rear nostrils; 1 pair of strongly and asymmetrically branched (branches in one plane, with short finger like multiple tips) cirri over eyes; nostrils with cirri; multiple rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XXI-XXIII, 17-22, a flap on 1st spine, no notch between spiny and soft parts; anal fin II, 25-30; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Head orange to yellowish; body tan with many white and brown spots; lower head and body with dark dots; lower half of dorsal fin with white spots; front edge and border of 1st few spines of dorsal fin orange; a large black blotch spans the outer ¾ of the membranes between the first four dorsal spines.
Reaches 4.5 cm.
Lives in holes on limestone slopes & rubble around patch reefs.
Depth range: 2-12 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 Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- 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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- 4.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 12
