Species: Acanthemblemaria johnsoni, White-cheeked blenny, Whitecheeked blenny
eye cirrus unbranched
row white blotches - operculum to rear body
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni Almany & Baldwin, 1996
White-cheeked blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; blunt spines (each covered with a simple tapering papilla) from snout to <1/2 way between rear of eye and dorsal fin; cirri on nostrils and over eyes (1 pair, usually unbranched), but not on nape; multiple rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin, XXIV, 12-13, a notch between spiny and soft parts; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Light tan, with a dark head and front body; an oval dark blotch behind eye, followed by a row of bright white blotches on operculum, the pectoral base and back along the flank; front 2/3 of body with dark bars (1st above pectoral base, last near last dorsal soft ray), each about as wide as distance between 2/3 dorsal fin elements and is darkest at mid-side; dorsal fin pigment at tips of spines I-IX, darkest at front. Males with black head, body and dorsal fin back to level of mid-belly.
Reaches 3.1 cm.
Lives in worm tubes and holes on reefs and rocky bottoms.
Depth range: 0-12 m.
SE 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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- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Rocks
- 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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- 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
- Continent only
- All species..
- Continent
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 12
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Length Max
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- 3.1
