Species: Labrisomus striatus, Green blenny

body - thin dark stripes

Labrisomus striatus Hubbs, 1953
Green 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; nape cirri short (~`2/3 length of opercle); 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; dorsal fin XVIII, 10, membranes between anterior dorsal spines deeply incised; first dorsal spine short, less than width of eye diameter, fin notched between spines and rays; anal rays II, 17; pectoral rays 13; 3 pelvic soft rays; 42-44 lateral line scales; head scaleless, except a few scales present on upper margin of gill cover and on upper cheek.
Female: body light brownish with series of thin dark stripes between scale rows; large red-brown spots scattered on sides; head paler, with pair of brown bars obliquely down and back from eye, male: body greenish, with similar pattern of lines and bars as in female.
Size: grows to at least 6 cm.
Habitat: weed-covered rocky shallows.
Depth: 1-9 m.
Central Gulf of California to southern Mexico.

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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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 9