Species: Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, Revillagigedos barnacle-blenny
eye cirrus branched or not
lower jaw: yellow & red
body: row dark spots & blotches
Acanthemblemaria mangognatha Hastings & Robertson, 1999
Revillagigedos barnacle-blenny
Body elongate; short blunt head; top of head behind eyes covered with short spines, inner row between eyes on a bony ridge; spines on edge of and under eye, and on snout; cirri on nostrils, over eyes (1 pair, unbranched to deeply branched), but not on nape; 2 rows of well-developed teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal XXIII-XXV, 12-14; anal II, 24-27; pectoral 13.
Color variable; body often with series of brown blotches along midline, with 2 similar blotches on cheek; lower jaw yellow-orange at front, reddish purple at rear; small blue spots often on head & body; iris with orange or yellow inner ring; mating males black, except for orange lower jaw and spot on cheek.
Size: 4 cm.
Habitat: barnacles and worm tubes on rocky shores.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Endemic to the Revillagigedo Islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- Barnacles & worm tubes
- 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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- No Data
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Revillagigedo Islands endemic
- TEP endemic
- Island (s) only
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
