Hypleurochilus brasil, Brazil blenny

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Hypleurochilus brasil Pinheiro, Gasparini & Rangel, 2013

Brazil blenny
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Salariinae
Etymology: Hypleurochilus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, pleura = in the side of + Greek, cheilos = lip;  brasil: Named after the vivid red spots, similar to incandescent pieces of a brazing; Brazil’s country name (Brasil in Portuguese), where the species is endemic, originally has a similar derivation (name given in recognition of the reddish colour of the wood of a large Brazilian native tree - Caesalpinia echinata, 'Pau-Brasil' in Portuguese); noun in apposition..

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 15 m (Ref. 94079). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Brazil (Trindade Island and Martin Vaz).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94079); 2.7 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 15 - 16; Vertebrae: 36. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pelvic-fin rays I, 3, dorsal fin usually XII,13, anal fin II,15-16 (usually 16), no blackened stripes, nape green or white and presence of numerous tiny red spots along body, diminishing in size posteriorly (Ref. 94079).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found either solitary or in small groups of up to 10 individuals; in small holes or associated with sea-urchins and sponges on the rocky reefs (Ref. 94079). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Pinheiro, H.T., J.L. Gasparini and C.A. Rangel, 2013. A new species of the genus Hypleurochilus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) from Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago, Brazil. Zootaxa 3709(1):95-100. (Ref. 94079)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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