Species: Emblemariopsis tayrona, Tayrona blenny
cirri: nasal & ocular short, simple
male: dark, D front dark, spines I-V - outer orange stripe bordered inside by white
Emblemariopsis tayrona (Acero, 1987)
Tayrona blenny
Body elongate; head short and blunt, without spines; snout with a pair of smooth bony ridges; nasal cirrus short, simple, ~3/4 length of eye cirrus; 1 short (1/2 eye length) cirrus over eye; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XIX-XXI, 11-13, 1st spine with a flag like flap on front edge, 1st two spines similar, longest, a little elongated (1.5X length of 3rd spine), 4th spine <3rd, longest soft ray 3/4 length of longest spine; anal fin II, 18-22; pectoral rays 13; pelvics I (internal), 3, inserted before pectoral base, much shorter than pectorals; all fin rays unbranched; no lateral line; no scales.
Male - head dark brown above; body pale brown; 4 narrow vertical lines on snout, 4-7 oblique dark bars on cheek and opercle; spiny dorsal dark brown between spines II-V, other spines pale brown, outer parts of membrane red between spines I-V, with a white space between red and brown parts, dark spots on fin behind spine V and on upper body; rest of fish translucent. Female - translucent, with scattered dark dots.
Reaches 3.6 cm.
Lives with dead barnacles, and on firecoral and massive corals.
Depth range: 0-20 m.
Colombia to the Gulf of 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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Rocks
- Corals
- 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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- All species..
- Continent
- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Continent only
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
