Family Chaenopsidae - Pike-, tube- and flagblennies
  Order
:
Chaenopsidae Chaenopsidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 14 | Species : 98 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Tertiary   upper   Miocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: North and South America, tropical. Body compressed; usually elongated to anguilliform in Chaenopsis. Scaleless. Lateral line absent, or not more than 3 pores behind operculum. Maxilla hidden from external view. Dorsal fin much higher anteriorly in some species. Spines in dorsal fin 17-28; soft rays 10-38; total dorsal fin rays 29-57. Spines in anal fin 2: soft rays 19-38. Pectoral fin rays 12-15. Caudal fin separate or joined to dorsal and anal fins in varying degrees. Nape without cirri. With or without orbital and nasal cirri. Head rough, often with spines. About 16 cm maximum length; most much smaller. Symbiosis between a chaenopsid and a stony coral has been reported from the Caribbean. Most dwell in abandoned invertebrate tubes and feed on small crustaceans. Assumed to guard eggs in their tubes (Ref. 7463). Distinguished in having a relatively long palatine compared to the length of the vomer; rather than proximal, the post-temporal ventral arm is free from the neurocranium; the posterior portion of the lateral line lacking embedded, tubed scales; long upper jaw in both sexes, surpassing the posterior margin of the orbit; the insertion of the hyomandibula on the neurocranium is shifted posteriorly away from the orbit; the sphenotic bearing a small lateral spine; dorsal arm of the scapula reduced and free from the cleithrum (except Mccoskerichthys and at least one species of Neoclinus); unbranched caudal-fin rays (Ref. 94100).
  Etymology
:
Greek, chaino = with the mouth open + Greek, ops = similar to ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
guarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | Blenniimorphae | Blenniiformes | | | Chaenopsidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Chaenopsidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Chaenopsis alepidota (Gilbert, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Lucioblennius lucius Osburn & Nichols, 1916
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Chaenopsis coheni Böhlke, 1957
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis deltarrhis Böhlke, 1957
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis schmitti Böhlke, 1957
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis limbaughi Robins & Randall, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis resh Robins & Randall, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis stephensi Robins & Randall, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis roseola Hastings & Shipp, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis megalops Smith-Vaniz, 2000
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis celeste Tavera, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis species A Not applicable
synonymotherother
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus satiricus Girard, 1859
synonymjuniororiginal
Neoclinus bryope (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
acceptedseniornew
Zacalles bryope Jordan & Snyder, 1902
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus nudus Stephens & Springer, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus chihiroe Fukao, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus okazakii Fukao, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus monogrammus Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoclinus nudiceps Murase, Aizawa & Sunobe, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria nivipes Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria guttata Ginsburg, 1942
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemaria hypacanthus (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
Psednoblennius hypacanthus Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemaria atlantica Jordan & Evermann, 1898
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria markii Mowbray, 1912
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemaria pandionis Evermann & Marsh, 1900
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria hudsoni Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria tortugae Hildebrand, 1946
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemaria piratica Ginsburg, 1942
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria piratula Ginsburg & Reid, 1942
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria walkeri Stephens, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria biocellata Stephens, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria caldwelli Stephens, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria culmenis Stephens, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria diphyodontis Stephens & Cervigón, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria hyltoni Johnson & Greenfield, 1976
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria caycedoi Acero P., 1984
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria vitta Williams, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria australis Ramos, Rocha & Rocha, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Stathmonotus corallicola Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
Stathmonotus stahli (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
Auchenistius stahli Evermann & Marsh, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Histioclinus veliger Metzelaar, 1919
synonymjuniororiginal
Stathmonotus tekla Nichols, 1910
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniorchange in rank
acceptedseniororiginal
! Stathmonotus culebrae Seale, 1940
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Stathmonotus lugubris Böhlke, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Coralliozetus cardonae Evermann & Marsh, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis cardonae (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
synonymseniornew
Coralliozetus micropes (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
acceptedseniornew
Emblemaria micropes Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
synonymseniororiginal
Coralliozetus angelicus (Böhlke & Mead, 1957)
acceptedseniornew
Emblemaria angelica Böhlke & Mead, 1957
synonymseniororiginal
Coralliozetus angelica (Böhlke & Mead, 1957)
synonymseniornew
Coralliozetus boehlkei Stephens, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Coralliozetus springeri Stephens & Johnson, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar, 1919
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria variegata Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927)
acceptedseniornew
Paremblemaria aspera Longley, 1927
synonymseniororiginal
! Acanthemblemaria asper (Longley, 1927)
synonymseniornew
Acanthemblemaria arborescens Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria hancocki Myers & Reid, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria cubana Garrido & Varela, 2008
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria castroi Stephens & Hobson, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria betinensis Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria medusa Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria stephensi Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria paula Johnson & Brothers, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni Almany & Baldwin, 1996
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria atrata Hastings & Robertson, 1999
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria mangognatha Hastings & Robertson, 1999
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Acanthemblemaria hastingsi Lin & Galland, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
Acanthemblemaria aceroi Hastings, Eytan & Summers, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis diaphana Longley, 1927
synonymseniororiginal
Coralliozetus diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
synonymseniornew
Emblemaria diaphana (Longley, 1927)
synonymseniornew
! Chaenopsis diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
synonymseniornew
! Emblemariopsis diaphanus Longley, 1927
synonymseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis signifer (Ginsburg, 1942)
acceptedseniornew
Coralliozetus signifer (Ginsburg, 1942)
synonymseniornew
Pseudemblemaria signifer (Ginsburg, 1942)
synonymseniornew
Emblemaria signifer Ginsburg, 1942
synonymseniororiginal
! Coralliozetus signifera (Ginsburg, 1942)
synonymseniornew
! Emblemariopsis signifera (Ginsburg, 1942)
synonymseniornew
! Pseudemblemaria signifera (Ginsburg, 1942)
synonymseniornew
Emblemaria atlantica (non Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis occidentalis (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Chaenopsis bahamensis (Stephens, 1961)
synonymseniornew
Coralliozetus bahamensis (Stephens, 1961)
synonymseniornew
Emblemaria bahamensis (Stephens, 1961)
synonymseniornew
Emblemaria diaphana (non Longley, 1927)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis diaphana (non Longley, 1927)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis bottomei (non Stephens, 1961)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis diaphana (non Longley, 1927)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis bahamensis (non Stephens, 1961)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis randalli Cervigón, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Coralliozetus randalli (Cervigón, 1965)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis sp. Not Applicable
synonymotherother
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemariopsis signafera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis occidentalis (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemaria signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pseudemblemaria signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pseudemblemaria signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis leptocirris (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis pricei Greenfield, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis diaphana (non Longley, 1927)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Coralliozetus bahamensis (non Stephens, 1961)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis bahamensis (non Stephens, 1961)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis randalli (non Cervigón, 1965)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis tayrona (Acero P., 1987)
acceptedseniornew
Coralliozetus tayrona Acero P., 1987
synonymseniororiginal
Coralliozetus ramirezi Cervigón, 1999
synonymjuniororiginal
Emblemariopsis ramirezi (Cervigón, 1999)
synonymjuniornew
Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis ruetzleri Tyler & Tyler, 1997
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis dianae Tyler & Hastings, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymotherother
Emblemariopsis occidentalis (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis signifer (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Pseudemblemaria signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis occidentalis (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis falcon Victor & Rodríguez, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis ramirezi (non Cervigón, 1999)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
Emblemariopsis signifera (non Ginsburg, 1942)
misappliedmisappliednew
Emblemariopsis occidentalis (non Stephens, 1970)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Emblemariopsis ramirezi (non Cervigón, 1999)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hemiemblemaria simula Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
acceptedseniororiginal
! Hemiemblemaria simulus Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
synonymseniororiginal
Lucayablennius zingaro (Böhlke, 1957)
acceptedseniornew
Lucaya zingaro Böhlke, 1957
synonymseniororiginal
Ekemblemaria myersi Stephens, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal
Ekemblemaria nigra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
acceptedseniornew
Emblemaria nigra Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
synonymseniororiginal
Ekemblemaria lira Hastings, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
Protemblemaria bicirrus (Hildebrand, 1946)
acceptedseniornew
Emblemaria bicirrus Hildebrand, 1946
synonymseniororiginal
! Protemblemaria bicirris (Hildebrand, 1946)
synonymseniornew
Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966
acceptedseniororiginal
Coralliozetus punctatus (Cervigón, 1966)
synonymseniornew
Protemblemaria perla Hastings, 2001
acceptedseniororiginal
Mccoskerichthys sandae Rosenblatt & Stephens, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
Tanyemblemaria alleni Hastings, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal
Cirriemblemaria lucasana (Stephens, 1963)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
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