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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Clay Bryce, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Clay Bryce, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus © Copyright Clay Bryce, 2006 · 0 Emblemaria hypacanthus 8 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features snout: 2 smooth ridges male: dorsal fin black and blue male: black + red eye and cirri female: pale, flank: row brown spots Dorsal rays XX-XXII, 13-16, total dorsal elements 34-38 (usually 35-36); anal rays II, 22-25; pectoral rays 13; spines absent on top of head; two longitudinal bony ridges on snout; pelvic fins longer than pectoral fins; spinous dorsal fin strongly elevated and sail-like in males, low or with first 1 or 2 spines very slightly elevated in females; males with small, weakly developed, flag-like flaps on anterior edge of first dorsal spine, near base, often with deep notches between front spines; bony flange below eye not expanded and not overlapping upper lip in males. Males usually black to dark brown or tan with dark brown bars or blotches along middle of side, cirri above eyes red with black tip; females with highly variegated pattern, usually a row of small brown spots along middle of side and brown saddle-like marks below base of dorsal fin. Size: to 5 cm. Inhabits empty mollusc tubes on sand-rubble bottoms. Depth: 1-10 m. Gulf of California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 10 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: zooplankton. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=31; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=7; Longitudinal range=5. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Barnacles & worm tubes. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 5 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez province endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Hastings, P.A., 2000., Biogeography of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: distribution and phylogeny of chaenopsid fishes., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128:319-335. Jenkins , O.P. and Evermann, B.W., 1889., Description of eighteen new species of fishes from the Gulf of California., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 11:137-158. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181. Stephens, J.S., 1963., A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae., Univ. Calif. Pubs. Zool., 68:1-165. Stepien , C.A. , Dixon , M.T. and Hillis, D.M., 1993., Evolutionary relationships of the blennioid fish families Clinidae, Labrisomidae and Chaenopsidae: Congruence Between DNA Sequence and Allozyme Data., Bull. Mar. Sci., 52:496-515. Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353. Villareal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O., 2000., Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia y biogeografía., Rev. Biol. Trop., 48:413-424. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Emblemaria&speciesname=hypacanthus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Emblemaria&speciesname=hypacanthus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Emblemaria&speciesname=hypacanthus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Emblemaria&speciesname=hypacanthus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Emblemaria&speciesname=hypacanthus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Emblemaria-hypacanthus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Emblemaria Species in    Chaenopsidae - Classification - Chaenopsidae Blenniiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Emblemaria hypacanthus ( Jenkins & Evermann , 1889 ) Gulf signal blenny Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Emblemaria hypacanthus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Emblemaria hypacanthus Male picture by Allen, G.R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies) Etymology: Emblemaria: Latin, emblema = insertion, inlaid work, raised ornament (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Jenkins & Evermann . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 11482 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11482 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits empty mollusk tubes on sand-rubble bottoms. Feeds on zooplankton. Males are somewhat territorial (Ref. 37955 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson , 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: potential FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00183 - 0.01143), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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