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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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