Species: Labrisomus philippii, Philipp's blenny
head cirri short
pectoral ~15
D front spines short
Labrisomus philippii (Steindachner, 1866)
Philipp's blenny
Body robust; head of large males broad, deep and with a very blunt snout; eye large, wide between eyes in large fish; front nostril with a tuft of 6-12 cirri; a tuft of 8-13 cirri over each eye; a row of 12-24 cirri on each side of nape; head cirri all short (<1/2 opercle length); mouth large, slightly oblique, rear of top jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; a band of teeth on center of roof of mouth, a band on each side of roof of mouth; gill rakers short, 4+8; dorsal fin XVIII-XX, 13 (12-14), longest spines in middle, a notch between spines and rays, longest rays are longer than longest spines; anal rays II, 19 (18-20); pectoral rays 15 (14-16); 3 pelvic soft rays; 70-74 (68-75) lateral line scales, those larger than adjacent scales; 8-10 scales before dorsal fin; 14-15 rows of scales between LL and 6th dorsal spine; head with scales on upper opercle; anal fin with small patch of scales on membranes of rear rays.
Male: grey brown with a yellow cast over body and head; iris bright blue; snout, cheeks and lips with small black and larger bright blue spots; scattered blue spots on rear 2/3 of body. Female: pale brown to greenish to dark brown; body with ~ 5 broad, irregular dark bars that extend onto the dorsal fin, those bars overlaid by regularly arranged blackish spots; body and fins with pale brown and white spots; head pale tan; dark spots on nape and upper opercle edged in red-brown; dense small dark spots on snout and cheeks, and front of top lip; dark bars across lower lips and rear half of top lips; dorsal cream with dark bars; tail fin pale with several dark bars; anal fin with pale spots along its length; base of pectoral cream.
Reaches 35 cm.
Habitat: weed covered rocky shores.
Depth: 1-10 m?
Paita, Peru, to Coquimbo, Chile.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Peruvian province, primarily
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
- Length Max
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- 35
