Species: Emblemariopsis randalli, Hornless Red Banner Blenny, Randall’s Blenny
no eye cirrus
white oblique lines on cheek

anus in black patch
Emblemariopsis randalli Cervigón, 1965
Hornless Red Banner Blenny
Body elongate and compressed; head short and blunt, without spines; snout a little pointed, not depressed, upper profile straight, rear part of nasal bones with a crest; nape profile slightly convex; nasal cirrus a short flap, no cirrus over eye; mouth oblique, ends under rear edge of eye; jaws with an outer row of small pointed teeth, a band of tiny sharp teeth at the front of both jaws behind the outer row; 1 row of 5-6 large canine teeth on each side of roof of mouth; front of roof of mouth with 10-12 small teeth; dorsal fin origin nearer eye than edge of operculum, XX-XXI, 10-13, front of fin not greatly elevated, spines increasing in size from front to back; anal fin II, 22-24; last ray of dorsal and anal fins joined to tail base by a membrane; pectoral fin 14; pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; tail fin rounded; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Female: transparent yellowish and pink, finely speckled with black; a series of small black spots (sometimes ringed with pink or orange) along base of dorsal fin; eye pale, with an oblique dark cross bar: an obvious black blotch rings the anus and may extend forwards along the belly; cheek with white oblique lines; front of dorsal fin tricolored, lower half white with wiggly black lines, outer part oranged, rest of fin transparent or pinkish; front of anal fin with a wide black stripe along its outer part; tail and pectoral fins transparent; anus in a black ring. Dark male: head, front of body and pectoral dark grey-brown to black, anus in a black ring; front of dorsal fin with black base, red above that with a white stripe between those two colors and a thin white margin to the red; rest of spiny dorsal fin and anal fin dark grey-brown.
Reaches 3.8 cm.
Lives on rocky and coral reefs.
Depth range: 3-15 m.
NE Venezuela.

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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
- Egg Type
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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 only
- GC endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 15