Species: Chaenopsis ocellata, Bluethroat pike-blenny
head high, profile ascends to D, V shaped
Chaenopsis ocellata Poey, 1865
Bluethroat pike-blenny
Body very elongate, relatively robust; head long, elevated, its upper profile ascending to dorsal fin origin; snout long & strongly pointed, from above bluntly V shaped; pore on center of head in line with or slightly behind pore above rear of each eye; no cirri on head; long mouth, reaching far behind eye, tip of lower jaw projecting; dorsal fin often elevated at front, XX, 33-36; anal fin II, 34-37; dorsal and anal joined to tail fin; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; pectoral 13; tail rounded; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Sandy brown to greenish, sides of body with dark bars; throat membranes dark. Male: head dusky, throat membranes yellow to black, with blue ridges; iris orange; dorsal fin with irregular black, white and orange marks between dorsal spines I-II, without a true ocellus; front of fin pale pinkish grey; body with whitish blue spots along sides.
Reaches 12.3 cm.
Lives in worm tubes in silty seagrass beds, and sandy areas with rubble and shells..
Depth range: 0-12 m, usually in < 2 m.
Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- 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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- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 12
- Length Max
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- 12.3
