Species: Acanthemblemaria crockeri, Brown-cheek barnacle-blenny
eye cirrus long & bushy
Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
Brown-cheek barnacle-blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; head spines strongly developed in two triangular patches on frontals separated by deep spineless depression; spines also present in 3 longitudinal rows on each side of central groove between eyes; cirri on nostrils, over eyes (1 pair, very bushy); but not on nape; 2 rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal XXIII-XXVII, 12-15; anal II, 24-28; pectoral 13-14.
Both sexes with a large black-ringed dark brown mark covering most of gill cover and many small white spots on the head; front of dorsal fin orangish; male: dark brownish, with numerous small white spots and lines; female: pale (whitish), with red to orange blotches along mid-flank, internal white dashes along vertebral column; orange throat region.
Size: attains 6 cm.
Inhabits empty worm and mollusc tubes on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-60 m.
The Gulf of California, except in the extreme north.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Cortez province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 60
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Length Max
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- 6
