Arrow blenny
📖 Overview
Inhabits coral reefs . Drifts with bended tail to prey on small fish. Retreats into holes or empty worm tubes. Ignores divers . Often seen with schools of masked gobies .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 22 - 23. With emarginate caudal fin. Reddish tan, with 3 large dark spots along rear of dorsal fin base, and 2 similar spots along rear of anal fin base . Black stripe from tip of lower jaw through eye to end of operculum; a median dorsal light yellow line on head .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Arrow blenny is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Arrow blenny is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Arrow blenny is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 13 - 106 m . Tropical Central Atlantic: Bahamas and Caribbean, including the Antilles.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 18 records indexed .
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