Chaenopsidae

Black barnacle blenny

Acanthemblemaria johnsoni

Tobago Reef Guardian with Twenty Four Spines

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Acanthemblemaria johnsoni, the white-cheeked blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Tobago, in the western central Atlantic ocean. The specific name honours the ichthyologist G. David Johnson Curator of the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution.