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blackhead blenny (Emblemariopsis bahamensis)
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blackhead blenny (Emblemariopsis bahamensis) specimen
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Chaenopsidae

blackhead blenny

Emblemariopsis bahamensis

Dark front half with white dots

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

blackhead blenny is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 2.6 cm.

Maximum length
2.6 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bahamas, the Greater Antilles at Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico; down the Lesser Antilles chain (the Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustacius, St. Kitts, and Nevis;documented at the Cayman Is., San Andres, and Little Corn Island, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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