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Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927) Roughhead blenny |
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photo by
April Franks / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes |
| Family: | Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies) | |||
| Max. size: | 4 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to the Greater Antilles and Panama. Antilles and western Caribbean (Ref. 26938). | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Almost always found in holes of corals. Feed on amphipods and copepods (Ref. 5521). Main diet of benthic harpacticoid copepods (Ref. 94105). Oviparous (Ref. 56066). Eggs are attached to the walls of the parent's shelter and are brooded by the male parent (Ref. 56066). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 08 December 2024 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||