Species: Coralliozetus angelicus, Angel tube-blenny
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Coralliozetus angelicus (Böhlke & Mead, 1957)
Angel tube-blenny
Elongate, robust; head short, blunt, not spiny on top; simple cirri at nostrils; cirrus above eye long and fleshy (as long or longer than eye width) in males, short and slender in females; no cirri on nape; notch at middle of top lip; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XVIII-XX, 10-12, notch between spines and rays, fin higher at front in male; anal rays II, 19-20; pectoral rays 13.
Body whitish to yellowish, with diffuse brown blotches or spots; male: head and spiny dorsal fin dark brown; forehead, iris and mouth red; eye cirri yellow; female: head whitish with brown markings, brown bars on chin and throat; prominent brown marks at base of pectoral fin.
Maximum length to 3.5 cm.
Inhabits empty barnacle shells on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-5 m.
The tip of Baja and the central Gulf of California to southern Mexico (Huatulco).
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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)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Sessile crustacea
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- All species
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
