Species: Labrisomus jenkinsi, Jenkins' blenny
D ocellus, front spines not long
Labrisomus jenkinsi (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Jenkins' blenny
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; no 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 XVIII-XIX, front spines not elongated, 10-11, notched between spines and rays; anal rays II, 17; pectoral rays 14-15; 3 pelvic soft rays; 58-62 lateral line scales; head scaleless, except for a few scales along top edge of gill cover.
Mottled greenish brown with 5-6 diffuse blackish bars on side, also 2 rows of white spots may be present on side and white streak at midbase of caudal fin; ocellus often present at front of dorsal fin; head with numerous dark spots, bands, or broken lines; nuptial males lack strong mottling on side and have an orange head.
Size: to at least 13 cm.
Habitat: infrequently encountered in rocky shallows.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Galapagos Islands.
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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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Island (s)
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) 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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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- 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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- 5
