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Emblemariopsis carib Victor, 2010

Spikefin glass blenny
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Emblemariopsis carib
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Virgin Islands (US) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, St. Thomas, Outer Brass Island. UF 179454 (holotype of Emblemariopsis carib 1.48 cm SL, male). Specimens taken from St. Croix have similar morphology and meristics but needs further matching with DNA sequences. (Ref. 85868).
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Main Ref: Victor, B.C., 2010
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Emblemariopsis: Latin, emblema = insertion, inlaid work, raised ornament + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335);  carib: Named for the Carib 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

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