Species: Emblemariopsis leptocirris, Blackfin Glass Blenny, Fine-cirrus Blenny

Emblemariopsis leptocirris Stephens, 1970

Fine-cirrus Blenny, Blackfin Glass Blenny

Body elongate; head thick, short and blunt, without spines; snout with a pair of smooth bony ridges; 1 unbranched short (<eye) cirrus over eye; front of roof of mouth with 5-6 small teeth; 1 row of 6-7 teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XIX-XXI, 10-14, 1st 5 spines of ~equal length, female with 1st 2 spines elongated, no notch between spines II-V, spiny part lower than soft part; anal fin II, 20-24; pectoral rays 12-13; pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales; no strong differences between sexes.

Female translucent with red, orange or pink markings; lower head with dark spots, top of head with a central pink spot before 2 broken pink semicircles; dark spots or a dark stripe before base of pectoral; elevated front dorsal spines white with 1-4 dark stripes. Male with black head, sometimes with white spots on operculum; pectoral black; dorsal fin with front ~5 spines black, with thin white borde; black color fades towards rear of body & dorsal fin.

Reaches 2.6 cm.

Lives on reefs - lagoonal patch reefs, dropoffs and oceanic reefs.

Depth range: 1-20 m.

NorthEast, Northwest and SW Caribbean.