Species: Hypsoblennius invemar, Tessellated blenny
Hypsoblennius invemar Smith-Vaniz & Acero P. in Smith-Vaniz, 1980
Tessellated blenny
Moderately elongate; short robust head, with very steep front profile; a 4-branched cirrus over eye, a branched cirrus at each nostril, no cirrus on nape; teeth with blunt flattened tips, in single rows, not movable, no rear canines on either jaw; gill openings restricted to sides of body by fusion of gill cover membranes to throat; dorsal fin with XI-XIII spines, with a slight notch between the spiny and soft parts, 11-12 rays; pelvic fins I, 4; fin rays unbranched, except on tail fin; lateral line ends under end of spiny dorsal fin; no scales.
Greenish-brown; head and front of body densely covered with orange to brick red spots and polygons separated by thin blue lines; a blue line around a large dark blotch behind eye.
Reaches 5.8 cm.
Lives in empty barnacle shells.
Depth range: 0-24 m.
The N Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.
High Resolution Map Download
- Salinity
-
- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
-
- Bottom
- Habitat
-
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
-
- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
-
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
-
- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
-
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
-
- GC non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- Island (s)
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Length Max
-
- 5.8
- Depth Range Min
-
- 0
- Depth Range Max
-
- 24
