Species: Hypsoblennius paytensis, Peruvian blenny
groove: nape to eye
Hypsoblennius paytensis (Steindachner, 1876)
Peruvian blenny
Moderately elongate; short robust head, somewhat pointed, with convex upper profile; rear nostril with a simple eye-sized cirrus; a 3-branched cirrus above the eye, 1st branch longest in female, 1st 2 branches 1.5-2.5 times length of eye in male; a shallow groove across head behind eye; concave between eyes; 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 XI-XII, 15-16, 4th spine highest, higher in male than female, no notch between the spiny and soft parts; anal rays II, 17.
Light greyish yellow to light brown, with dark brown mottling and many small saddles on upper ½ of body; large brown spot with blue dot behind eye; 3-4 dark bars under eye; male: a blue and brown spot on 1st 3 spines of dorsal fin.
Size: 10 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-10 m?
Costa Rica to northern Peru.
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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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
