Species: Emblemaria hypacanthus, Gulf signal-blenny
Emblemaria hypacanthus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Gulf signal-blenny
Body elongate; head short and blunt; head without spines; 2 smooth longitudinal ridges on snout; bony flange below eye not expanded and not overlapping upper lip in males; 1 unbranched cirrus over eye that is often longer than eye; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin XX-XXII, 13-16, male with large, sail-like front of dorsal fin, with 1 small, flag-like flap on anterior edge of base of first dorsal spine, near base, often with deep notches between front spines; front of dorsal fin low or with first 1 or 2 spines very slightly elevated in female; anal rays II, 21-24; pectoral rays 13; pelvic fin longer than pectoral.
Males usually black to dark brown or tan with dark brown bars or blotches along middle of side, cirri above eyes red with black tip; females with highly variegated pattern, usually rows of brown spots along middle of side and base of anal fin, and brown saddle-like marks below base of dorsal fin.
Size: to 5 cm.
Inhabits empty mollusc tubes on sand-rubble bottoms.
Depth: 1-10 m.
Gulf of California.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- Cortez province endemic
- TEP endemic
- 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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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
