Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Chaenopsidae Pike-, tube- and flagblennies

Genus: Emblemaria

(See list of species below)



Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)



16 species
(see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm TL

 
Emblemaria atlantica
[Banner blenny]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm SL

 
Emblemaria australis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm SL

 
Emblemaria biocellata
[Twospot blenny]

Photo by Baldwin, C.C.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 2.6 cm SL
Emblemaria caldwelli Stephens, 1970

Photo by Photo by Baldwin, C.C.
 
Emblemaria caldwelli
[Caribbean blenny]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL

 
Emblemaria caycedoi
[Colombian blenny]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm SL

 
Emblemaria culmenis
[Ridge blenny]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm TL

 
Emblemaria diphyodontis
[Venezuelan blenny]

Photo by Hooker, Y.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 7.4 cm TL
Emblemaria hudsoni Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917

Photo by Photo by Hooker, Y.
 
Emblemaria hudsoni
[]

Photo by Hazes, B.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
Emblemaria hyltoni Johnson & Greenfield, 1976

Photo by Photo by Hazes, B.
 
Emblemaria hyltoni
[Filament blenny]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Emblemaria hypacanthus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)

Photo by Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Emblemaria hypacanthus
[Gulf signal blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Emblemaria nivipes Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Emblemaria nivipes
[Whiteback signal blenny]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Emblemaria pandionis Evermann & Marsh, 1900

Photo by Photo by Greenfield, J.
 
Emblemaria pandionis
[Sailfin blenny]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Emblemaria piratica Ginsburg, 1942

Photo by Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Emblemaria piratica
[Sailfin signal blenny]

Photo by Cox, C.D.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Emblemaria piratula Ginsburg & Reid, 1942

Photo by Photo by Cox, C.D.
 
Emblemaria piratula
[Pirate blenny]

Photo by Charteris, M.

Western Central Atlantic

Emblemaria vitta Williams, 2002

Photo by Photo by Charteris, M.
 
Emblemaria vitta
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Emblemaria walkeri Stephens, 1963

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Emblemaria walkeri
[Elusive signal blenny]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 16

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Emblemaria atlantica Banner blenny Western Atlantic 7.5 TL 1898
Emblemaria australis Southwest Atlantic 2.7 SL 2003
Emblemaria biocellata Twospot blenny Western Atlantic 4.1 SL 1970
Emblemaria caldwelli Caribbean blenny Western Central Atlantic 2.6 SL 1970
Emblemaria caycedoi Colombian blenny Western Central Atlantic 3.8 SL 1984
Emblemaria culmenis Ridge blenny Western Central Atlantic 5.1 SL 1970
Emblemaria diphyodontis Venezuelan blenny Western Atlantic 7 TL 1970
Emblemaria hudsoni Southeast Pacific 7.4 TL 1917
Emblemaria hyltoni Filament blenny Western Atlantic 2.3 SL 1976
Emblemaria hypacanthus Gulf signal blenny Eastern Central Pacific 5 TL 1889
Emblemaria nivipes Whiteback signal blenny Eastern Central Pacific 4.2 SL 1883
Emblemaria pandionis Sailfin blenny Western Atlantic 6 SL 1900
Emblemaria piratica Sailfin signal blenny Eastern Central Pacific 4 TL 1942
Emblemaria piratula Pirate blenny Western Central Atlantic 5 TL 1942
Emblemaria vitta Western Central Atlantic 2002
Emblemaria walkeri Elusive signal blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6.5 TL 1963



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to
Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to
Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013