Species: Labrisomus conditus, Masquerader blenny
eye cirrus < eye
body: blue-green blotches
Labrisomus conditus Sazima, Carvalho-Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2009
Masquerader blenny
Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; eye large; a short (<eye diameter) branched cirrus over each eye; 2 or more bunches of heavily branched cirri on each side of nape, those cirri often short, not reaching to dorsal fin when depressed; mouth large, slightly oblique, rear of top jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; patches of small teeth behind outer row of large teeth on upper jaw; teeth present on sides of roof of mouth, those are smaller or equal to teeth at front of roof of mouth; notch between spines and rays of dorsal fin, XVIII, 1st 2 spines slightly shorter than or equal to 3rd spine, 12; anal fin II, 18; pelvic fins with 1 internal spine, 3 soft rays, 3rd ray >1/2 length of 1st ray, inserted before pectoral base; all fin rays unbranched; 68-73 lateral line scales; lateral line tubes or canals at least on front of body; smooth scales on rear of body.
Both sexes: body grey to red-brown to very dark brown, with 4 irregular dark bars, with fainter and shorter bars between those, often a 5th bar on tail base; light blue dots on head, body and dorsal, anal and tail fins, interspersed with greenish blotches on body and dorsal fin; an irregular, poorly defined, blackish blotch on upper corner of operculum partly edged by an incomplete, diffuse thick orange ring; Male: head grey to red-brown to dark brown, cheeks mottled yellow-brown; chin through chest and belly yellow-brown; opercular orange edging relatively strong; dorsal fin dark on inner part, paler outer part, without dark blotch at front; Female: many more blue spots, especially on head and chest.
Reaches 22 cm.
Patch reefs, coral formations, coral rubble.
Depth range: 0-6 m; typically < 3 m.
Florida to Brazil.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- 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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- 22
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
