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Hypsoblennius brevipinnis (Gunther, 1861)
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Hypsoblennius brevipinnis
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Hypsoblennius brevipinnis
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Overview
Main identification features
  • eye: 3-5 cirri
  • d: distinct notch after spines
  • head: dark spots
  • pale oblique bar behind eye
Dorsal rays X-XII, 15-16; anal rays II, 13-14; posterior nostril with a broad cirrus; a long, slender cirrus with several basal branches over each eye; no cirrus on nape; teeth in jaws incisor-like, in a single series and not movable; gill openings restricted to side by fusion of gill membranes to throat; dorsal fin notched between spiny and soft parts.

Upper sides dark brown with horizontal row of circular tan patches (often with dark brown centers) just below base of dorsal fin and second row of smaller patches or spots just below; lower sides whitish to yellow; head with small brown spots and prominent oblique tan band behind eye, with dark-edged whitish stripe on its upper and lower margin.

Size: grows to 7 cm.

Lives in empty barnacle shells, usually in 1-3 m.

Depth: 1-10 m.

Lower Baja and the Central Gulf of California to Peru, including Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo Islands.

Has been collected in the locks at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; benthic microalgae; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=28; Southern limit=-6; Western limit=-114; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=34; Longitudinal range=36.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Omnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Flotsam; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Barnacles & worm tubes; Estuary; Freshwater; Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Brackish; Freshwater.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
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