Species: Coralliozetus rosenblatti, Spike-fin tube-blenny
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Coralliozetus rosenblatti Stephens, 1963
Spike-fin tube-blenny
Elongate, slender; head short, blunt, not spiny on top; simple cirri at nostrils; cirrus above eye short and flat in both sexes; no cirri on nape; notch at middle of top lip; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XVIII-XIX, 12-13, 1st spine with skin-flap at its base, 3rd spine of males elongate, twice as long as following spines, a notch after that spine, 1st 3 spines slightly elongate in female; anal rays II, 21-22; pectoral rays 13.
Overall semi-translucent with numerous white flecks and brown dashes on side; males head brownish with white spots; ocellus at front of dorsal fin; females with several distinct lines of small brown dots below mouth.
Size: attains 3.5 cm.
Inhabits empty mollusk tubes on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-9 m.
Southern Baja California and central Gulf of California.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Cortez province endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- Continent
- 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
- Length Max
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- 3.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 9
