Species: Hypsoblennius exstochilus, Longhorn Blenny

Hypsoblennius exstochilus Bohlke, 1959

Longhorn Blenny

Moderately elongate; short robust head, with very steep front profile; a very long cirrus with a thick central stalk covered with rear-pointing branches over eye, no cirri at nostrils or on nape; an elongate fleshy flap at rear end of lower lip; teeth with blunt flattened tips, in single rows, not movable, no canines on either jaw; gill openings restricted to sides of body by fusion of gill cover membranes to throat; dorsal fin XI-XIII (spines slender and flexible), 13-16, with a slight notch between the spiny and soft parts; pelvic fins I, 3; fin rays unbranched, except on tail fin; lateral line ends under end of spiny dorsal fin; no scales.

Yellowish; a dark brown bar down through eye to lower body and up along main shaft of eye cirrus; front and sides of head heavily mottled with white; white mottling along upper back and front ~6 spines of dorsal fin, a dark spot centered on 2nd dorsal spine.

Reaches 6.3 cm.

Lives in rocky areas exposed to surge and eroded bottoms with sea fans.

Depth range: 0-7 m.

The Bahamas to the S Caribbean.