Species: Acanthemblemaria maria, Secretary blenny
rear eye rim serrated
eye cirrus weakly branched
body: 2 rows white blotches
Acanthemblemaria maria Bohlke, 1961
Secretary blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; 2 rows of long pointed spines on snout, extending back to behind eye and on nape almost to dorsal fin origin; inner rim of bones under and behind eye serrated; a deep groove from behind eye onto snout; multiple rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; 1 pair of weakly branched cirri over eyes; nostrils with cirri; dorsal fin XXI-XXIII, 12-13, a notch between spiny and soft parts; anal fin II, 22-26; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Head and body dark brown to blackish; cheek with a broad white stripe that continues onto a large white blotch on the base of pectoral; a series of pale to whitish blotches along upper back, a series of larger white blotches along sides of belly and tail, those two rows separated by a broad dark stripe along the flank
Reaches 5.2 cm.
Lives in holes in limestone ledges and slopes.
Depth range: 0-9 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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- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 9
