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Lupinoblennius vinctus (Poey, 1867)
MANGROVE BLENNY
Atlantic mangrove blenny

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Lupinoblennius vinctus
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Lupinoblennius vinctus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • cirri: only 1 (leaflike), over eye
  • d: no notch after spines
  • under eye: dark y bar
  • body - 2 rows ~8 blotches
Gill membranes free and forming a transverse flap under throat; an unbranched leaflike cirrus over eye, larger in male; no cirri at nostrils or on nape; front nostril tubular with short filament, rear nostril a raised rim; dorsal fin XII, 13-14, without notch between spiny and soft parts, soft part of fin higher than spiny part; anal II, 14-16, in males the spines and all but the last 2-3 rays have a swollen fleshy tip; lateral line in 2 parts, top part from top corner of operculum to under 9th spine, lower part along midline from above origin of anal fin, short (5-8 pores)

About 8 dark-edged square blotches along base of dorsal fin, which tend to connect with dark-edged vertical rectangles on lower body; Y shaped dark bar under eye; male with dark stripe along base of 1st 3 dorsal spines, and a dark stripe near outer margin of membrane between those spines.

Size: reaches 3.7 cm.

Habitat: mangroves and estuaries, entering freshwater.

Depth: 0-5 m.

A widespread Caribbean species; evidently has passed through the Panama Canal and established a population in locks at the Pacific entrance to the canal.


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: benthic microalgae; detritus; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=9; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-80; Eastern limit=-80; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Omnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: West Atlantic Introducee; TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Mangrove; Rocks; Freshwater; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 3.7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Dawson, C.E., 1970., The caribbean atlantic blenny Lupinoblennius dispar (Tribe: Blenniini), with observations on a pacific population., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 83:273-286.
  • Herre, A.W., 1942., Notes on a collection of fishes from Antigua and Barbados, British West Indies., Stanford University Publications (University Series) Biological Sciences, 7:289-305.
  • Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136.
  • McCosker , J. E. and Dawson, C. E., 1975., Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes., Marine Biology, 30:343-351.
  • Poey, F., 1867., Peces Cubanos especies nuevas., Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba, 2:229-245.

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