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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Acanthemblemaria balanorum © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Acanthemblemaria balanorum 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head round; forehead: club spines head and mouth purple/red flank: 1 row 6-8 dark blotches Club-head barnacle-blenny Dorsal rays XXIV, 13, total dorsal elements 37; anal rays II, 24-25; pectoral rays 13; bony club-like spines or tubercles on frontal bones in two triangular patches separated on middle of head by narrow spineless groove, spines large, blunt, expanded at tips, almost bridging spineless gap on midinterorbital; a single unbranched cirrus above eye. Overall brownish, head and jaws purplish to red; a single row of 6-8 large dark brown to blackish spots along middle of sides. Size: attains 4.5 cm. Habitat: lives exclusively in empty barnacle shells on rocky reefs. Depth: 0-5 m. The SW and central eastern Gulf of California to southern Mexico, and SE Panama to Ecuador. 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). Depth Range Max: 5 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: Pelagic crustacea; zooplankton; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=29; Longitudinal range=32. 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: 4.5 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) 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 Brock, V.E., 1940., Three new blennioid fishes from the west coast of Mexico., Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 2:29-35. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. 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. and Robertson, D.R., 1999., Acanthemblemaria atrata and Acanthemblemaria mangognatha, New Species of Eastern Pacific Barnacle Blennies (Chaenopsidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, and Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico, and their Relationships with other Barnacle Blennies., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 25:107-118. 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. Lindquist , D. G. and Kotrschal, K. M., 1987., The diets in four Pacific tub( blennies (Acanthemblemaria: Chaenopsidae): Lack of ecological di. vergence in syntopic species., Marine Ecology, 8:327-335. 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. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Madrid Vera , J. , Ruíz Luna , A. and Rosado Bravo, I., 1998., Peces de la plataforma continental de Michoacán y sus relaciones regionales en el Pacífico mexicano., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42(2):267-276. 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. Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. 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=balanorum ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=balanorum http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=balanorum ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=balanorum https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Acanthemblemaria&speciesname=balanorum ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Acanthemblemaria-balanorum.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Acanthemblemaria Species in    Chaenopsidae - Classification - Chaenopsidae Blenniiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Acanthemblemaria balanorum Brock , 1940 Clubhead blenny Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Acanthemblemaria balanorum   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Acanthemblemaria balanorum Picture by Robertson, R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies) Etymology: Acanthemblemaria: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, emblema, -atos, anything that is nailed, knocked in; also anything with bass or high relief (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 11482 ). Tropical; 26°N - 16°N, 112°W - 100°W (Ref. 56265 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59088 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found exclusively in empty barnacle shells on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton. Oviparous (Ref. 56066 ). Eggs are attached to the walls of the parent's shelter and are brooded by the male parent (Ref. 56066 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Oviparous (Ref. 56066 ). Males guard the eggs until they hatch (Ref. 56066 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson , 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00266 - 0.01189), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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