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Main identification features
- snout short, wide;notch on nape
- dorsal fin has 28-30 rays, large sail in male, ocellus in female,
- front roof mouth - no teeth; tongue short
- pectoral: 14
Dorsal rays XVIII-XX, 28-30; anal rays II, 32-36; pectoral rays 14; body and snout very elongate; lower lips extending beyond snout tip; front of roof of mouth without teeth; tongue short; caudal fin rounded, continuous with dorsal and anal fins in adults; no cirri on nostrils or above eyes; snout short and wide; large fish with a notch separating head and flattened nape; front half of dorsal fin of adult males very tall and sail-like.
Light green or olive, white below, often with greenish midlateral stripe and/or with series of 8-10 dark bars; juvenile and female with a black ocellated spot behind 4th dorsal spine near outer edge of fin; male without spot or ocellus on front of dorsal fin.
Size: attains 7.5 cm.
Inhabits worm tubes on sand-rubble bottoms.
Depth: 5-30 m.
Costa Rica to Colombia, and Isla del Coco.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 30 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: bony fishes; zooplankton; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=2; Western limit=-88; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=10.
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: 7.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Böhlke, J.E., 1957., A review of the blenny genus Chaenopsis, and the description of a related new genus from the Bahamas., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 109:81-103.
- 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.
- 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.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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