Species: Hypleurochilus springeri, Orange-spotted blenny
eye cirrus short, few branches
Hypleurochilus springeri Randall, 1966
Orange-spotted blenny
Head large, blunt, front profile steep and rounded; body elongate, compressed; nostril with a long flap bearing 2-6 cirri; a single flap with 2-11 cirri over eye; mouth opens at front ; top margin of top lip free, that margin discontinous at front; teeth like incisors, with a large curved canine at rear of each jaw; pores on preoperculum single (sometimes in doubles); gill membranes broadly fused on throat, gill opening ends at level of lower base of pectoral fin; dorsal fin with a distinct notch between spiny and soft parts XII (XI-XIII), 12-13; anal fin II, 14-16; pelvics I, 4; pectorals 14 rays; fin rays unbranched, except on tail fin; lateral line in 2 parts, 1st curved down behind end of pectoral, ends under last dorsal spines, 2nd from mid-flank to above ~middle of anal fin; no scales.
Green-grey; iris red with 8 spoke-like bars radiating from pupil; head and front half of body densely covered with orange spots; a white line around a large dark blotch behind eye; upper body with groups of squarish spots in clusters of 4 forming 4-5 partial bars (last 3 are solid bars in young); spots in diagonal rows on dorsal fin and forming bars on tail fin; no dark spot at front of dorsal fin.
Reaches 6.4 cm.
Lives on rocky, clearwater bottoms and live coral.
Depth range: 0-4.5 m.
Florida to the S 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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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Continental primarily
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 6.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 4
