Species: Malacoctenus zonogaster, Belted blenny, Spot-belly blenny
LL 57-64
+/- scales before D, none on pectoral base
Malacoctenus zonogaster (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Spot-belly blenny, Belted blenny
Head slender, snout pointed; a close-set pair of heavily branched nape cirri, a branched cirrus over eye; 3-8 (1-14) pores behind chin, between bases of operculae; upper part of rear end of top jaw covered by bone under eye; no small teeth behind outer row of large teeth on upper jaw; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; gill rakers 10-13; dorsal fin XXI, 11, (XX-XXII, 10-12), notch between spines and rays; anal II, 21 (20-22); pectoral 14; 3 pelvic soft rays; 57-64 lateral line scales; belly scales smaller than flank scales; scales present or absent on midline in front of dorsal fin, present on breast, absent from prepectoral region.
Greenish on upper half and white below, 5-6 irregular-shaped dark bars on body; a large (eye-sized) dark spot on upper half of gill cover; narrow greenish-brown bars on lower part of head and lower body; dorsal & anal fins densely spotted in female, with few or no spots in male; tail fin spotted;
Size: to 8.5 cm.
Common in rocky shallows, including tide pools.
Depth: 1-10 m.
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 only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- 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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- 8.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
