Species: Emblemaria piratica, Sailfin signal-blenny
Emblemaria piratica Ginsburg, 1942
Sailfin signal-blenny
Body elongate; head short and blunt; head without spines; snout with 2 longitudinal ridges broken into distinct tubercles; 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-XXI, 13-14, male with large, sail-like front of dorsal fin, membrane between 1st 4 spines indented, 1st spine with 3-5 small flag-like skin flaps at front at base; 1st 3 dorsal spines elevated in female, then a notch; anal rays II, 21-23; pectoral rays 13; pelvic fin longer than pectoral.
Males with dark brown head and lighter brown body, sides with faint brown bars and white flecks; dorsal fin of males black at front, before an area with broad yellow or red zones between diagonal black bands; females generally pale, somewhat translucent with midlateral row of brown spots and numerous white flecks.
Size: attains 4 cm.
Inhabits empty mollusc tubes on sand-rubble bottoms.
Depth: 5-30 m.
Central Mexico to Panama.
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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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- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Data
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- 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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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
