Secretary Benny
Acanthemblemaria maria
Also known as: Chaenopsid Blenny, - Chaenopsid Blenny
- Chaenopsid Blenny
- - Chaenopsid Blenny
Overview
Found with their head protruding from holes in the coral of limestone slopes usually dotted with small brain corals, stinging coral, sea fans, whips, and sea urchins
Widespread - Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found with their head protruding from holes in the coral of limestone slopes usually dotted with small brain corals, stinging coral, sea fans, whips, and sea urchins
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