© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Acanthemblemaria exilispinus Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Clay Bryce, 2006 · 0 Acanthemblemaria exilispinus © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Acanthemblemaria exilispinus 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features forehead: 2 patches spines;eye: cirrus bushy body and lower head: white spots Blunt-spine barnacle-blenny Dorsal rays XXIII-XXIV, 14-16, total elements 37-39; anal rays II, 24-25; pectoral rays 13; head spines weakly developed, in two triangular patches on frontals; top of head behind eyes smooth or serrate, but never with spines; spines also present on midline of snout; a single bushy cirrus above eye. Head brownish with numerous small white spots on lower half; body brown on upper half lower half yellowish, densely spotted with white; a row of dark brown blotches along middle of side and small whitish blotches on upper half of body. Size: reaches 5.5 cm. Inhabits empty worm and molluscs tubes on rocky reefs. Depth: 1-5 m. El Salvador to Ecuador. 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: 1 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); zooplankton; pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-90; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=16; Longitudinal range=12. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. 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); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Barnacles & worm tubes; Reef only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 5.5 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic 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 Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. 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. 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. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Rosenblatt , R.H. and McCosker, J.E., 1988., A new species of Acanthemblemaria from Malpelo Island, with a key to the Pacific members of the genus (Pisces: Chaenopsidae)., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 45:103-110. Stephens, J.S., 1963., A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae., Univ. Calif. Pubs. Zool., 68:1-165. 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=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=exilispinus ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=exilispinus http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=exilispinus ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=exilispinus &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 500 Can't locate object method "new" via package "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket" https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=exilispinus Updated: 2024-04-25 15:36:34 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation