Species: Paraclinus mexicanus, Mexican blenny
Paraclinus mexicanus (Gilbert, 1904)
Mexican blenny
Elongate, snout bluntly pointed; branched cirrus on nostril and eye, eye cirrus largest, nape cirrus smallest; opercle with a distinct flat spiny projection; dorsal fin XXVII-XXXI, 0-2; first dorsal spine < 10% SL, front 3 spines elevated then a deep notch before 4th spine, membrane between 3rd and 4th dorsal spines usually attached above midpoint of 4th spine; anal rays 17-20; pectoral rays 12-14; pelvic I, 3, 3rd soft ray small (< ½ 2nd) and partly fused to 2nd; all fin rays unbranched; lateral-line scales 31-36; no skin flaps on scales.
Strongly mottled greenish brown, sometimes with 6-7 diffuse bars on side; a prominent white-edged oblique dark bar below eye; a black ocellated spot on rear half of dorsal fin; dorsal and anal fin with thick dark bars.
Size: reaches 6 cm.
Inhabits shallow weed-covered rocky reefs.
Depth: 0-10 m.
The central Gulf of California to Ecuador, and Cocos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Submerged vegetation
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- 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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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
