Species: Labrisomus pomaspilus, Spotcheek blenny

Labrisomus pomaspilus Springer & Rosenblatt, 1965

Spotcheek blenny

Body relatively slender; head broad; snout relatively long (> eye diameter) & pointed; eye large; nostrils with 4-5 cirri; 5-8 cirri over each eye; 25-28 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 equal to or slightly larger than those at center front; dorsal fin XVIII, front spines not long, 12, notched between spines and rays; anal rays II, 18; pectoral rays 14; 3 pelvic soft rays; 55-58 lateral line scales; 5 rows of scales between LL and 5th dorsal spine; head scaleless; body scaly except for small area on pectoral base; in lateral line at rear each scale covers the front pore of the scale behind it.