Species: Cottoclinus canops, Intermediary blenny


Cottoclinus canops McCosker, Stephens and Rosenblatt, 2003
Intermediary blenny
Body moderately elongate; head bulbous, slightly depressed; eyes high on head; nasal, eye and nape cirri small, branched, 1 pair on nape; mouth short, ends at rear margin of pupil; top rear corner of top jaw inserts in a cheek pouch; lips fleshy, lower lip with free ventral flap connected to chin, teeth conical, stout, slightly curved, lower jaw with a pair of front canines, ~ 5 conical teeth along side, followed by small flattened teeth; teeth on center of roof only; dorsal fin XX-XXI, 10, spines lower than soft rays, about equal height, except last three, which are shorter and form a distinct notch between spines and rays; anal fin I, 19, soft rays thickened and with fleshy tips, membranes between soft rays notched nearly to base of rays; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line with 47 pored scales; body scaled except on breast, belly, before pectoral and an area on nape extending back under first 4-5 dorsal spines; rear of scales with membranous pockets.
(Preserved fish) light brown, with 3-4 diffuse bars on body; head with many brown spots, top of eyeball dark, top lip with dark mark at rear, another in midside that extends down onto lower lip; lower half of pectoral with dark rays; tail fin with 3 bars.
Size: To 6.5cm
Habitat: Tide pools
Known only from 2 individuals collected at Española Island, southern Galapagos, in 1964.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- 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
- 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
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- Island (s) only
- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 6.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5