Species: Labrisomus dendriticus, Bravo blenny, Bravo clinid, Dendritic blenny
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Labrisomus dendriticus (Reid, 1935)
Dendritic blenny, Bravo blenny, Bravo clinid
Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; eye large; nostrils with cirri; a branched cirrus over each eye; large bunch of heavily branched cirri on each side of nape; mouth large, slightly oblique, top rear jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; an enlarged canine behind patch of small teeth on each side of upper and lower jaw; roof of mouth - teeth at sides larger than those at center front; dorsal fin XX, 10-12, first 4 spines very tall, 1st l>/= longest soft ray, then fin indented, a notch between spines and rays; anal rays II, 19-20; pectoral rays 13; 3 pelvic soft rays; 59-65 lateral line scales; head scaleless.
Greenish brown with strongly mottled pattern, usually a series of 4-5 diffuse dark bars on side and relatively large blackish spot on upper portion of gill cover; median fins with oblique dark bands or small spots; nuptial males: overall white with a series of black double bars on side and bright orange/yellow markings on the gill cover.
Size: reaches at least 13 cm.
Habitat: the most abundant member of the genus at the Galapagos, it occurs on shallow, weed-covered rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-25 m.
Galapagos and Malpelo Island.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Multiple oceanic islands endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s) only
- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Vulnerable
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
