''Acanthemblemaria'' is a genus of chaenopsid blennies native to the

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and Pacific Oceans.

Etymology

Acanthemblemaria : Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, emblema, -atos, anything that is nailed, knocked in; also anything with bass or high relief

Description

Body elongated; head short and blunt; pointed or blunt spines on snout, below eye, sometimes on top of head; 2 rows of very well developed teeth on the roof of the mouth; 1 pair of branched or unbranche
cirri
over eyes
cirri
over nostrils; usually with a notch between the spiny and soft parts of the

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Species

The 21 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Acanthemblemaria aspera'' ( Longley, 1927) (roughhead blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria atrata''

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& D. R. Robertson, 1999 (Cocos barnacle blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria balanorum'' Brock, 1940 (clubhead blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria betinensis'' Smith-Vaniz &

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, 1974 (speckled blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria castroi'' J. S. Stephens & Hobson, 1966 (Galapagos barnacle blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria chaplini'' J. E. Böhlke, 1957 (papillose blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria crockeri'' Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 (browncheek blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria exilispinus'' J. S. Stephens, 1963 (bluntspine blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi'' Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (false papillose blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria hancocki'' G. S. Myers &

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, 1936 (Hancock's blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria harpeza''

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, 2002 * '' Acanthemblemaria hastingsi'' H. C. Lin & Galland, 2010 (Cortez barnacle blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria johnsoni''

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, 1996 * '' Acanthemblemaria macrospilus'' Brock, 1940 (barnacle blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria mangognatha'' Hastings & D. R. Robertson, 1999 (Revillagigedo barnacle blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria maria'' J. E. Böhlke] 1961 (secretary blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria medusa'' Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (Medusa blenny) * ''

Acanthemblemaria paula The dwarf spinyhead blenny (''Acanthemblemaria paula'') is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Belize, in the western central Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an are ...

'' G. D. Johnson & Brothers, 1989 (dwarf spinyhead blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria rivasi'' J. S. Stephens, 1970 (spotjaw blenny) * '' Acanthemblemaria spinosa'' Metzelaar, 1919 (spinyhead blenny) * ''

Acanthemblemaria stephensi ''Acanthemblemaria stephensi'', the Malpelo barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Malpelo Island, in the eastern Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum total length of . This species feeds primarily on zo ...

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& McCosker, 1988 (Malpelo barnacle blenny)

Behavior and diet

Acanthemblemaria are mostly filter feeding fishes, they inhabit coral reefs, rocky reefs and abandoned worm and mollusc tubes. They feed mostly on passing

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crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

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, benthic

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References

Chaenopsidae Marine fish genera {{Chaenopsidae-stub