Species: Chaenopsis stephensi, Stephens’ pike-blenny, Venezuelan Pikeblenny

Chaenopsis stephensi Robins & Randall, 1965

Stephens’ pike-blenny

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.