Spinyhead Blenny
Acanthemblemaria spinosa
Also known as: Chaenopsid Blenny, - Chaenopsid Blenny
- Chaenopsid Blenny
- - Chaenopsid Blenny
Overview
Found with their head protruding from crevices, of dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells and worm tubes, (hence the name tube blennies) over patch reefs, surrounded by white sand.
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
- Behaviour
- head showingshelters in crevices
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found with their head protruding from crevices, of dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells and worm tubes, (hence the name tube blennies) over patch reefs, surrounded by white sand.
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