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Spikefin Glass Blenny

Emblemariopsis carib

Also known as: Caribbean Blenny, Caribbean Flag Blenny, Chaenopsid Blenny, Glass Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@JolineCuracao · Curaçao - Oostpunt, Curaçao · July 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found in crevices, or over dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells and worm tubes ,(hence the name tube blennies) over fine white sand patches, of coral reefs.

This blenny is almost impossible to distinguish from at least six other similar blennies without collecting and examining!

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

Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found in crevices, or over dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells and worm tubes ,(hence the name tube blennies) over fine white sand patches, of coral reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyChaenopsidae
    6. genusEmblemariopsis
    7. speciesEmblemariopsis carib Victor, 2010

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    More in the family

    Pike-Tube-Flagblennies (Chaenopsidae)