Species: Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Mexican barnacle-blenny
eye cirrus simple
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940
Mexican barnacle-blenny
Body elongate; long blunt head; head spines short, pointed, in a diamond shaped patch after and between eyes; forehead with 2 ridges; cirri on nostrils, over eyes (1 pair, unbranched), but not on nape; 2 rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal XXIV (XXIII-XXV), 13 (12-14); anal II, 25 (23-26); pectoral 12-13.
Head grey brown, densely covered with pale blue dots; iris red above, black below, with a thin cream inner ring; black blotches under eye, at rear of cheek and near rear of operculum; black under head; lower jaw with central part red, front part creamy white; body brown or tan with midlateral row of large brown spots or blotches and dark brown saddle-like markings along base of dorsal fin; dorsal fin red at the front, usually with a rounded black spot covering the bases of the 1st two spines.
Maximum size, 6 cm.
Inhabits empty barnacles and worm or mollusc tubes on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-15 m.
Mazatlan,in the south east Gulf of California, and the Tres Marias Islands, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
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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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- 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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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Mexican province endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- 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
- Length Max
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- 6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
