Species: Labrisomus xanti, Large-mouth blenny
dense white spots: lower head & body
Labrisomus xanti Gill, 1860
Large-mouth 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; teeth on center front of roof of mouth, but not sides; dorsal fin XVII-XIX, 10-12, notch between spines and rays; anal rays II, 17-19; pectoral rays 17-19; 3 pelvic soft rays; 64-69 lateral line scales; head scaleless, except 10 or more scales embedded on upper margin of gill cover.
Greenish brown with about 8 darker bars along side; 2 thin dark stripes bordering a pale area behind and a little below eye; a black blotch at front of dorsal fin; numerous small white spots on lower part of head and body.
Maximum size to 17.8 cm.
Habitat: weed covered rocky shores.
Depth: 1-10 m.
Central Baja California to the central Gulf of California to near Acapulco, the Revillagigedos islands. The most common member of the genus at most localities in the Gulf of California.
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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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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- 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 worms
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 17.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
