Species: Labrisomus multiporosus, Pore-head blenny
many head pores
fins: rows spots
D front spines short
Labrisomus multiporosus Hubbs, 1953
Pore-head 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; a dense covering of sensory pores on head, especially behind eye;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 XVII-XIX, front spines not long, 11-13, notched between spines and rays; anal rays II, 17-18; pectoral rays 14 (13-15); 3 pelvic soft rays; 65-69 lateral line scales; 7-8 rows of scales between LL and 6th dorsal spine; 4-6 scales before dorsal fin; head scaleless, except for < 10 scales along top edge of gill cover .
Brownish with heavy dark brown mottling & irregular dark bars on sides; a pair of oblique brown bands across cheek; prominent dark spotting on dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins; dorsal fin with an ocellus at front.
Size: Attains at least 13 cm.
Inhabits weed-covered rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-20 m.
Central Baja California and the Gulf of California to Peru, including the Revillagigedos and Galapagos Islands.
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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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- 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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- 20
