Species: Chaenopsis megalops, Bigeye Pike-blenny

Chaenopsis megalops Smith-Vaniz, 2000

Bigeye Pike-blenny

Body very elongate; head long; snout long & strongly pointed, but relatively short, bluntly U shaped when viewed from above; eye large (4.8-5.5% of SL); 1 pore above rear edge of each eye, with a central pore between those two; no cirri on head; long mouth, reaching far behind eye, tip of lower jaw projecting; 14-15 gill rakers; dorsal fin XVII-XVIII, 35-36, front of fin low in male; anal fin II, 36; dorsal and anal fins broadly connected to tail fin; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; tail fin rounded; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.

Nine pairs of double spots along side behind pectoral fin; a black oval spot above corner of mouth at level of lower edge of eye; a dark pupil-sized spot on cheek behind eye; males with a small ocellus between dorsal spines II-III.

Reaches 11 cm.

Habitat: trawled from soft bottoms.

Depth range: 60-79 m.

SW Caribbean.