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/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist
The Tube,
Pike or Flag Blennies, Family Chaenopsidae
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By Bob Fenner |
Acanthemblemaria |
The Pike, Tube or Flag Blennies, family
Chaenopsidae ("Key-Nop-Sah-Dee") have elongated scaleless bodies that are
compressed somewhat side to side, no lateral lines; modified for living in tube-like
tunnels. Nine genera with at least eighty species, Atlantic and Pacific. Acanthemblemaria,
Chaenopsis, Coralliocetus, Hemiemblemaria, Emblemaria & Protemblemaria are
sold, mainly to reef keepers.
| Acanthemblemaria aspera Metzelaar 1919, the Roughhead
Blenny. Tropical West Atlantic. To 1 1/4" long. Conspicuous cirri
above eyes. Color variable. Here in a hole in Cozumel. |
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| Acanthemblemaria castroi Stephans & Hobson 1966, the
Galapagos Barnacle Blenny. Southeast Pacific: endemic to the Galapagos
Islands. To two inches in length. Here in the wild. |
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