Species: Chaenopsis stephensi, Venezuelan Pikeblenny
2 pores over rear each eye, central pore between those
flank 5 dark diamonds
Chaenopsis stephensi Robins & Randall, 1965
Venezuelan Pikeblenny
Body elongate, but relatively short; head long; snout relatively short, equal to eye diameter; from above snout is bluntly V shaped; 2 pores above rear part of each eye, with a central pore between those; no cirri on head; long mouth, reaching far behind eye, tip of lower jaw projecting; 2nd pore on lower jaw distinctly closer to 1st than to third; 19-27 gill rakers; dorsal fin elevated at front, XVII, 28; anal fin II, 30; dorsal and anal joined to tail fin; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; tail rounded; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Preserved fish: body with 5 dark diamond-shaped blotches along mid-flank, 6 groups of 3 dark bars across back.
Reaches at least 5 cm.
Habitat rubble bottoms?
Depth 42-206 m.
SE & NW 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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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- 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
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 42
- Depth Range Max
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- 206
