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Entomacrodus chiostictus
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Entomacrodus chiostictus

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Entomacrodus
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Entomacrodus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • cirri simple: 1-10 over eye, 1 nape
  • d: deep notch
  • ll: short arch over pectoral
  • snout rounded, overhanging
ENTOMACRODUS

BLENNIES, ROCK BLENNIES

Cirrus over front nostril, multiple cirri over eye and (in eastern Pacific species) a pair of cirri on nape; no fleshy crest on head; many movable teeth on each jaw, teeth on front of roof of mouth; gill openings broad, forming a fold across throat; dorsal fin with deep notch between spiny and soft parts; lateral line is a short arch over pectoral.

A pantropical genus with nearly 17 species; 1 is endemic to our region.


References
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