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.