Chaenopsidae

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.