Species: Coralliozetus cardonae, Twinhorn blenny
eye cirri: 1-2 simple
Coralliozetus cardonae Evermann & Marsh, 1899
Twinhorn blenny
Elongate; head short, blunt, not spiny on top; simple cirri at nostrils; 2 unbranched cirri on each eye, rear one tiny or absent, none on nape; notch at middle of top lip; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XVII-XIX,11, a notch between spines and rays, fin higher at front in male, with a flag like flap on front of first spine; anal fin II, 18-21; pectoral fin ~13; pelvics I (internal), 2-3, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Male with front half of body and dorsal fin black, heavily speckled with blue dots, rear half translucent greenish, with pale brown bars; a whitish, blue-edged bar back and down from eye; front 3 spines of dorsal fin whitish orange, other fins yellowish. Female pale greenish, with a faint stripe along side; often black spots on underside of head; a white angled bar on cheek; front of dorsal fin white.
Reaches 2.5 cm.
Lives in holes or empty barnacles in rock in shallow surge zones.
Depth range: 0-4 m, usually near the waterline.
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 Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef only
- Rocks
- 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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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Zooplankton
- Sessile crustacea
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- 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
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- 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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- 2.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 4
