Species: Labrisomus wigginsi, Baja blenny
pectoral 15
Labrisomus wigginsi Hubbs, 1953
Baja blenny
Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; eye large; nostrils with cirri; a branched cirrus over each eye; large bunch of heavily branched cirri on each side of nape, length of the nape groups equal to gill cover; mouth large, slightly oblique, top rear jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; teeth at sides and on center front of roof of mouth small, equal in size in both areas; dorsal fin XVII-XVIII, 10-12, first dorsal spine long (> 1.5 times opercle length), but < longest rays, size then decreases to 3rd and 4th spines then increase again, front rays 1.5x length of 1st spine, notch between spines and rays; anal rays II, 16-17; pectoral rays 15 (14-15); 3 pelvic soft rays; 60-64 lateral line scales; head and nape scaleless; dorsal fin with only small patches of scales in front of rays after the 4th spine; anal scaleless; tail fin with scales on inner 1/8, pectoral fin with scales on inner 1/6.
Brownish; head mottled; 4 bars on body, 3 under spiny dorsal, 1 under 8th soft ray; 5 less distinct bars before, between and behind these; all bars extend across dorsal fin; an ocellus on dorsal between the front 2 bars; anal fin with 7 alternating light and dark bars not linked to body bars; tail fin with a light tear-drop shaped spot on the center of its base, rest of fin is dark, with light spots along rear margin; pectorals with a dark bar at base, stronger below.
Size: reaches at least 9 cm.
Lives occurs on shallow, weed-covered rocky reefs.
Depth: 0-4 m.
Central to southern Baja, on the Pacific coast.
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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
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- California province, primarily
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 4
