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Main identification features
Body moderately elongate; head bulbous, slightly depressed; eyes high on head; lips fleshy, lower lip with free ventral flap connected to chin; mouth short, ends at rear margin of pupil; top rear corner of top jaw inserts in a cheek pouch; 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 roof of mouth at front only; nasal, eye and nape cirri small, branched, 1 pair on nape; 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.
Color of 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
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 5 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=4; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); Rocks; Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 6.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Galapagos Islands endemic; Island (s) only; Island (s); All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- McCosker, J.E., Stephens, J.S. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 2003., Cottoclinus canops, a new genus and species of blenny (Perciformes: Labrisomidae) from the Galápagos Islands., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 54:155-160.
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