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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Emblemariopsis: Latin, emblema = insertion, inlaid work, raised ornament + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); arawak: Named for the Arawak native people of the Antilles; noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 15 m. Tropical
Caribbean: Puerto Rico and possibly Dominican Republic.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85868)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 20;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 13;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 21. This species is distinguished by the following: total dorsal-fin elements 32-33; mode of D XX,13; A II,21 and Pectoral 13; a short orbital cirrus on each side and unbranched; females, immature males, and juveniles with nasal cirrus absent or shorter than nasal tube; first 3 dorsal-fin-spine bases close, first and second closest, widest gap between third and fourth; first spine longer or equal to second, third spine 1/2 to 3/4 of second and fourth spine shortest, forming notched dorsal-fin outline (in both sex and juveniles); small individuals (known up to 11.2 mm SL) with first and second dorsal-fin spines well shorter than 12th spine, when folded down straight first two spines reaching back to between the 4th and 6th spine base, first spine dark with light tip; all stages with last (or 2nd to last) dorsal spine shortest, ¼ to ½ longest soft ray; evenly dispersed stippling of fine black spots over cranium; midline melanophore stripe on snout extending back past posterior nostril; lower pectoral-fin-base dark spots (when present) comprising a broad and long oblique line slanting down or a mostly horizontal band across the lower half, and sometimes additional spots (Ref. 85868).
Depth range by B. Victor (pers.comm. 10/18).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Victor, B.C., 2010. Emblemariopsis carib and Emblemariopsis arawak, two new chaenopsid blennies from the Caribbean Sea: DNA barcoding identifies males, females, and juveniles and distinguishes sympatric cryptic species. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 4:1-30. (Ref. 85868)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00184 - 0.01190), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
