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

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.

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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
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- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- 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)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 2.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 20