Species: Paraclinus stephensi, Professor blenny, Stephens' blenny
eye cirrus branched
C base - 2 semicircular bars
border operculum & preoperculum: row spots
nape & pectoral base scaled
Paraclinus stephensi Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
Professor blenny, Stephens' blenny
Elongate, snout bluntly pointed; cirri present on nostrils, branched above eyes; nape cirrus branched, eye cirri largest; opercle with a distinct flat, triangular spiny projection; dorsal fin XXIX, 1, 1st spine moderately long, front 3 spines elevated, then a deep notch before 4th spine; anal II, 18-19; pectoral 13; pelvic I, 3; all fin rays unbranched; lateral-line scales 39; scales on nape , & in 2-3 irregular rows on pectoral fin base; belly fully scaled; no skin flaps on body scales.
Light brown; body with 6 irregular bars or blotches; dark saddle on nape; head same color as body, lips, cheeks & underside mottled, a row of dark spots on preopercular and opercular margins, a dark bar angles down and back from eye; dorsal fin spotted or mottled, with a dark spot at rear; anal fin with 6-7 dark bars; semicircular bars at top and bottom of base of caudal fin; irregular banding on rays of pectoral, pelvic and tail.
Size: 3.9 cm.
Habitat: rocky coastal areas.
Depth: 0-15 m.
Central to southern Mexico.
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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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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- Submerged vegetation
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Mexican province endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Length Max
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- 3.9
