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pirate blenny (Emblemaria piratula)
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Chaenopsidae

pirate blenny

Emblemaria piratula

Orange triangular patch on fin

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

pirate blenny is a marine fish from Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 5 cm.

Maximum length
5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: northeastern Gulf of Mexico in USA (Ref. 7251 ). Believed to have a continental distribution but has since been reported from Belize (provisional identification), Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (Ref. 51183 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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