Species: Hypsoblennius caulopus, Tidepool blenny
eye: tuft small cirri
body: wavy dark bars
Hypsoblennius caulopus (Gilbert, 1898)
Tidepool blenny
Moderately elongate; short robust head, with very steep front profile; nape with fleshy warts and a lateral groove behind the eye; front nostril and upper margin of the eye each with a tuft of small cirri; no cirri on nape; teeth with blunt flattened tips, in single rows, not movable, no rear canines on either jaw; gill openings restricted to sides of body by fusion of gill cover membranes to throat; dorsal fin XII, 15-16, a slight notch between the spiny and soft parts; anal rays II, 17.
Grey brown, with wavy, irregular dark brown and light tan bars on side, extending on to dorsal fin; head largely dark brown with light and dark bars on lips, chin and throat.
Size: attains 9 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs covered with algae, shallow waters, including tide pools.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Nicaragua to Peru, Malpelo.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- 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 + Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
