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Hancock's Blenny

Acanthemblemaria hancocki

Also known as: Barnacle Blenny, Chaenopsid Blenny, Hancock's Barnacle Blenny, Panamic Barnacle Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@tmcmanus63 · N/A, United States · March 20171 / 5
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Overview

Found in crevices, of dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells, and worm tubes, (hence the name tube-blennies) over very shallow, exposed, rocky shores, rich in red algae.
Eastern Central Pacific - Costa Rica, Panama

Often found in the aquarium trade.

Chaenopsid Blennies also called tube blennies because they often make their nests in abandoned worm holes and clams especially at breeding time. These blennies lack scales and have a high front Dorsal Fin

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Pacific
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Found in crevices, of dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells, and worm tubes, (hence the name tube-blennies) over very shallow, exposed, rocky shores, rich in red algae.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyChaenopsidae
    6. genusAcanthemblemaria
    7. speciesAcanthemblemaria hancocki Myers & Reid, 1936

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    More in the family

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