Genus: Cirriemblemaria, Tube-Blennies
cirri: center snout - 1; eye - 2, very bushy; nape 2 rows
CIRRIEMBLEMARIA
TUBE-BLENNIES
Body elongate; head rounded, blunt; snout with one central cirrus; 2 heavily branched cirri above each eye, front cirrus of male at least twice as long as eye width, female with shorter cirri; nape with two rows of cirri; dorsal rays XXI-XXII, 15-16, a shallow notch between spiny and soft parts of dorsal fin.
This tropical genus contains a single species, which is endemic to our region.
