Species: Labrisomus cricota, Mock blenny, Mock Hairy Blenny
eye cirrus ~ eye
body bars to edge of D
Labrisomus cricota Sazima, Gasparini and Moura, 2002
Mock blenny
Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; eye large; a long (~eye diameter) branched cirrus over each eye; 2 or more heavily branched cirri on each side of nape, those long, reaching to dorsal fin; 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; 10-11 gill rakers; large fish with > 2 pores at tip of chin; notch between spines and rays of dorsal fin, XVII, 1st 2 spines longer than 3rd spine, 11-12; anal fin II, usually 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; 64-68 lateral line scales; lateral line tubes or canals at least on front of body; smooth scales on rear of body.
Both sexes: body with 4-5 conspicuous dark bars and fainter bars between them, all bars extend onto dorsal and anal fins, bars on dorsal fin reach outer edge of fin; a well developed ocellus on operculum not surrounded by a well defined white ring; no dark blotch at front of dorsal fin; Male: body olive-grey; head olive, with blue-green spots on cheek and snout; lower head and chest red, pelvics red; Female: body violet- grey to grey-brown; lower head, chest and pelvics grey-brown, with irregular pale patches on lower side of head and throat.
Reaches 16.2 cm.
Rocky reefs and sand around rocks.
Depth range: 0-4 m.
Florida to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- 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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- 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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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 16.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 4
