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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaenopsidae Pike-, tube- and flagblennies

Genus: Acanthemblemaria

(See list of species below)


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21 species (see list below)

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Photo by Burek, Joyce/Frank

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927)

Photo by Burek, Joyce/Frank
 
Acanthemblemaria aspera
[Roughhead blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.2 cm SL
Acanthemblemaria atrata Hastings & Robertson, 1999

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria atrata
[Cocos barnacle blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.2 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria balanorum Brock, 1940

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria balanorum
[Clubhead blenny]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 4.3 cm SL
 
Acanthemblemaria betinensis
[Speckled blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria castroi Stephens & Hobson, 1966

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria castroi
[Galapagos barnacle blenny]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria chaplini Böhlke, 1957

Photo by Wirtz, P.
 
Acanthemblemaria chaplini
[Papillose blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria crockeri Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria crockeri
[Browncheek blenny]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus Stephens, 1963

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Acanthemblemaria exilispinus
[Bluntspine blenny]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi
[False papillose blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria hancocki Myers & Reid, 1936

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria hancocki
[Hancock's blenny]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Acanthemblemaria harpeza
[]

Photo by Lin, H.-C./Galland, G.R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
Acanthemblemaria hastingsi Lin & Galland, 2010

Photo by Lin, H.-C./Galland, G.R.
 
Acanthemblemaria hastingsi
[Cortez barnacle blenny]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 2 cm SL
 
Acanthemblemaria johnsoni
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
[Barnacle blenny]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
Acanthemblemaria mangognatha Hastings & Robertson, 1999

Photo by Allen, G.R.
 
Acanthemblemaria mangognatha
[Revillagigedo barnacle]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria maria Böhlke, 1961

Photo by Greenfield, J.
 
Acanthemblemaria maria
[Secretary blenny]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Acanthemblemaria medusa
[Medusa blenny]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.8 cm SL
 
Acanthemblemaria paula
[Dwarf spinyhead blenny]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 3 cm SL
 
Acanthemblemaria rivasi
[Spotjaw blenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar, 1919

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Acanthemblemaria spinosa
[Spinyhead blenny]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Acanthemblemaria stephensi Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1988

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Acanthemblemaria stephensi
[Malpelo barnacle blenny]
21 Species of Family Chaenopsidae with Genus Acanthemblemaria
(Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1927 Acanthemblemaria aspera Roughhead blenny Western Atlantic 4 TL
1999 Acanthemblemaria atrata Cocos barnacle blenny Eastern Central Pacific 3.2 SL
1940 Acanthemblemaria balanorum Clubhead blenny Eastern Central Pacific 5.2 TL
1974 Acanthemblemaria betinensis Speckled blenny Western Atlantic 4.3 SL
1966 Acanthemblemaria castroi Galapagos barnacle blenny Southeast Pacific 6 TL
1957 Acanthemblemaria chaplini Papillose blenny Western Atlantic 4.5 TL
1938 Acanthemblemaria crockeri Browncheek blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6 TL
1963 Acanthemblemaria exilispinus Bluntspine blenny Eastern Central Pacific 5.5 TL
1974 Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi False papillose blenny Western Atlantic 3.6 SL
1936 Acanthemblemaria hancocki Hancock's blenny Eastern Central Pacific 4.5 TL
2002 Acanthemblemaria harpeza Western Central Atlantic
2010 Acanthemblemaria hastingsi Cortez barnacle blenny Eastern Pacific 5.1 SL
1996 Acanthemblemaria johnsoni Western Central Atlantic 2 SL
1940 Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Barnacle blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6 TL
1999 Acanthemblemaria mangognatha Revillagigedo barnacle Eastern Central Pacific 3.1 SL
1961 Acanthemblemaria maria Secretary blenny Western Central Atlantic 5.1 TL
1974 Acanthemblemaria medusa Medusa blenny Western Central Atlantic 4 TL
1989 Acanthemblemaria paula Dwarf spinyhead blenny Western Central Atlantic 1.8 SL
1970 Acanthemblemaria rivasi Spotjaw blenny Western Atlantic 3 SL
1919 Acanthemblemaria spinosa Spinyhead blenny Western Central Atlantic 3.1 TL
1988 Acanthemblemaria stephensi Malpelo barnacle blenny Eastern Pacific 5 TL



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