Species: Acanthemblemaria exilispinus, Blunt-spine barnacle-blenny
eye cirrus branched
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus Stephens, 1963
Blunt-spine barnacle-blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; head spines weakly developed, in two triangular patches on frontal bones; top of head behind eyes smooth or serrate, but never with spines; spines also present on midline of snout; cirri on nostrils, over eyes (1 pair, bushy), but not on nape; 2 rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal XXIII-XXIV, 14-16; anal II, 24-25; pectoral 13.
Head brownish with numerous small white spots on lower half; body brown on upper half, lower half yellowish, densely spotted with white; a row of dark brown blotches along middle of side and small whitish blotches on upper half of body.
Size: reaches 5.5 cm.
Inhabits empty worm and molluscs tubes on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Costa Rica to Ecuador.
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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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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- All species
- Panamic province endemic
- TEP endemic
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
