Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies) |
12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 5 m |
Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Cuba. |
Dorsal spines (total): 21-21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34-34. Snout V shaped when viewed from above. Head dark with blue gill membranes. |
Inhabits worm tubes in seagrass beds, often in turbid inshore waters. Usually solitary. Very territorial (Ref. 9710). Occasionally found to depths of 12 m (Ref. 26938). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 October 2007 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Known from Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve, Turneffe Atoll, South Water Cay Marine Reserve, Sapodilla Cays and Snake Cays. This was observed as a rare species in Belize (Ref. 128811). Also Ref. 26280. |
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