Cortez barnacle blenny

Acanthemblemaria hastingsi

Confined to the southern Gulf of California shores

Black
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Acanthemblemaria hastingsi, the Cortez barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in the Gulf of California, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum length of 5.1 cm (2.0 in) SL, while females can reach a maximum length of 4 cm (1.6 in). The specific name honours the marine biologist Philip A. Hastings of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Chaenopsidae
Genus: Acanthemblemaria
Maximum length: 5.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (limited to Mulegé to Cabo San Lucas along the Baja Peninsula and between Isla San Pedro Nolasco and Isla San Ignacio de Farallon along the Mexican continental mainland, Ref. 26771 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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