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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Stathmonotus: Greek, stathmos, -ou = a big room + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Augustin Stahl (1842–1917) was a physician and naturalist in Puerto Rico, who made collections of local natural history specimens. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Evermann & Marsh.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 13628). Subtropical
Eastern Caribbean Sea from Los Roques Venezuela, Lesser Antilles to Puerto Rico.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 43 - 44; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25. Stathmonotus stahli differs from Stathmonotus tekla in the following: segmented caudal rays 11-13, modally 12 (vs. 10-12, modally 11); dorsal-fin spines 41-45, modally 43 (vs. 39-44, modally 42); and precaudal vertebrae 17-19, modally 18 (vs. 16-19, modally 17) (Ref. 82814).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Lives in rubble areas covered by mats of algae and sponges or in beds of finger coral. Generally found in less than 10 m depth (Ref. 13628).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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