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Wrasse Blenny

Hemiemblemaria simula

Also known as: Chaenopsid Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2025
Adult
@ralph21 · Akumal, Yucatan, Mexico, Mexico · July 20191 / 1
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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 coral reefs. It mimics the Bluehead, Thalassoma bifasciatum to get close to its prey.

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, of dead and live corals, also abandoned clam shells and worm tubes, (hence the name tube blennies) over coral reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyChaenopsidae
    6. genusHemiemblemaria
    7. speciesHemiemblemaria simula Longley & Hildebrand, 1940

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    More in the family

    Pike-Tube-Flagblennies (Chaenopsidae)