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Acanthemblemaria balanorum Brock, 1940

Clubhead blenny
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Mexico country information

Common names: Blenia, Clubhead barnacle blenny, Tubícola espinudo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Gulf of California (Ref. 11482).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Acanthemblemaria: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, emblema, -atos, anything that is nailed, knocked in; also anything with bass or high relief (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 5 m (Ref. 11482).   Tropical; 26°N - 16°N, 112°W - 100°W (Ref. 56265)

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 59088)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found exclusively in empty barnacle shells on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton. Oviparous (Ref. 56066). Eggs are attached to the walls of the parent's shelter and are brooded by the male parent (Ref. 56066).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 56066). Males guard the eggs until they hatch (Ref. 56066).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Colaboradores

Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.4 - 28.5, mean 26.2 (based on 64 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00266 - 0.01189), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).