Species: Coralliozetus springeri, Springer's tube-blenny
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Coralliozetus springeri Stephens & Johnson in Stephens, Hobson & Johnson, 1966
Springer's tube-blenny
Elongate, relatively robust; head short, blunt, wide, not spiny on top; simple cirri at nostrils; usually 2 unbranched cirri above each eye, the posterior one very tiny; no cirri on nape; notch at middle of top lip; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XVII-XVIII, 11-12, notch between spines and rays, front of fin slightly elevated in both sexes; anal rays II, 18-19; pectoral rays 13.
Semi-translucent to whitish; males with blackish head densely speckled with blue-white dots; eye cirri blue; front of dorsal dark or dark & white, a series of ~ 10 short dark bars above base of anal fin; female with white blotches on head, front of dorsal fin white.
Size: to 2.5 cm.
Inhabits empty barnacle, worm and mollusc tubes on rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-15 m.
Costa Rica to Ecuador, including Cocos Island.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- 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
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Length Max
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- 2.5
