Species: Emblemariopsis dianae, Orangeflag blenny
short eye cirrus
Emblemariopsis dianae Tyler & Hastings, 2004
Orangeflag blenny
Body elongate; head short and blunt, without spines; snout with a pair of smooth bony ridges; 1 short cirrus (simple or with 2-3 small lobes at tip) over eye; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XX, 11-12, first spine longer than 2nd and 3rd spines, this section a little raised above following spines; pectoral rays 13 (13-14); anal fin II, 20; pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Males: Head, and front body and fins black; lower edge of operculum with spots; a bright orange to orange-red blotch forming a flag on the outer 1/3-1/4 of the first 3 spines of the dorsal fin. Female: pinkish, small dark spots under eye, along edge of preopercle, under lower jaw; front peak of dorsal fin dark
Reaches 2.5 cm.
Lives in empty worm tubes on sandy bottoms near lagoonal patch reefs.
Depth range: 1-5 m.
NW Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
