Species: Emblemariopsis bottomei, Shorthead Blenny, Southern Smoothhead Glass Blenny
no eye cirrus
female: D spines I-II elongate

Emblemariopsis bottomei Stephens, 1961
Shorthead Blenny, Southern Smoothhead Glass Blenny
Body elongate; head blunt rounded, without spines, snout not depressed, without a pair of smooth bony ridges; head behind eye expanded, triangular in shape, rough; no cirrus over eye; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XIX-XXI, 12-13, spines I-III closer together than remaining spines, front spines not elongate, spines increasing in length to XIV then decreasing to end, spiny part of fin lower than soft part, without a notch between the two parts, soft fin increasing in height to rear; femaile with elongate dorsal spines I-II; anal fin II, 21 (20-22); pectoral rays 13 (rarely 14); pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Male: head black, sometimes with white spots on cheeks, body dark brown; front of dorsal fin black with thin white edge, rest of spiny dorsal dark brown, fading to tan at the last few spine; soft dorsal, tail and pelvic fins pale brown; pectoral blackish, tips of lowest 5 rays unpigmented; anal fin black on spines, translucent brown behind. Female translucent, top of head with pink line/oval between broken pink Y; with black spots on cheeks, black bars along lower jaw, black spots on base of pectoral.
Reaches 3 cm.
Lives on reefs.
Depth range: 5-40 m.
The SE 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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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- 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
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
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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
- Insular primarily
- Island (s)
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- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 40