Species: Emblemariopsis ruetzleri, Bluegold Glass blenny, Ruetzler’s blenny
eye cirrus low, unbranched
female: front D white; belly white + dark bar
Emblemariopsis ruetzleri Tyler & Tyler, 1997
Ruetzler’s blenny
Body elongate; head small and shallow (depth 13.7-16.3% of SL), without spines; snout short and blunt, without a pair of bony ridges; a low, simple cirrus over eye; roof of mouth with 1 row of 7-8 teeth 1n center, 1 row of 7-8 teeth on each side; dorsal fin XX-XXI, 10-14, spines 1-2 >> spines 3,4 in male, slightly elongate in female, a slight notch between spiny and soft parts, soft part not longer than spiny part, membranes between spines and rays deeply indented; pectoral rays 14; anal fin II, 19-21; pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Male (found in holes): head yellowish green with small black spots or black to back to level of pectoral fin base; pupil black, with a thin gold ring around it; eye cirrus cream with black spots; rest of body transparent except for prominent internal pattern of dark and light bars on upper abdomen and along vertebral column; membranes between first 3 dorsal spines white with black spots and reticulations, membranes behind that area clear with scattered black spots; a black spot at the base of each dorsal and anal fin ray; tail fin clear with white upper and lower edges. Female: transparent with same internal markings as male on belly and vertebral column.
Reaches only 2.2 cm.
Males live in holes in dead (rarely living) massive corals, females on algal turf on the same corals.
Depth range: 1-8 m.
The 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
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- 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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- 2.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 8
