Species: Acyrtus lanthanum, Orange-spotted clingfish

D, A & C spotted

Acyrtus lanthanum Conway, Baldwin & White, 2014
Orange-spotted clingfish
Head relatively short (40-43% SL) ; top lip broad, much wider at front that at side; nostrils distinctly tubular; front nostril with a flap, usually with 2 tips; top jaw with a row of 4-7 blunt to weakly 3-pointed incisors at front, one row of 6-8 small, equal-sized conical teeth at side; teeth on lower jaw a row of 8-9 blunt to weakly 3-pointed incisors at front, one row of 5-6 small, equal-sized conical teeth at side; lower corner of opercle with a small, ungrooved spine, without associated patch of granular tissue at its base; sucker disc large (length 31-39% SL), large C-shaped band of papillae at front (in 7-8 rows), without 2 small C-shaped patches of papillae at sides immediately behind that front band, center with 2 oval patches of 3-4 rows of papillae and rear with a large band of papillae (10-11 rows), front papillae of that band not enlarged; median fins short; 1 dorsal fin, at rear, no spines, 8-9; anal fin 7-8, like dorsal fin and under it; pectoral rays 24-25, lower 5-7 rays not markedly reduced in size; fleshy pad on lower pectoral base absent; tail rays 10; female with a large patch of small fleshy projections just before anus; anus slightly closer to sucker than to anal fin origin; no scales; lateral line present as pores on head only.
Head and front of body to level of pectoral fins grey to brown; iris dark blue to black, with golden or dark red inner ring; head with dark blown blotches on sides, top and sides with small blue dots; rear body whitish, with scattered, irregularly arranged small brown spots and streaks, and with 3 brown bars from top to bottom of body: the 1st just behind pectorals, the 2nd between front of dorsal and anal fins, and the 3rdh at base of tail fin; dorsal, caudal and anal fins with bars formed by rows of red-brown spots on fin rays.
Reaches 3.4 cm.
Occurs in coastal lagoons on coral rubble.
Depth range 0-7 m.
The Bahamas to the southernl Caribbean.

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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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- 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)
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- All species..
- GC endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 3.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 7