The Yellowface pikeblenny (Chaenopsis limbaughi) is a marine fish of the family Chaenopsidae. Native range: Western Central Atlantic, Florida (USA), Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Grand Cayman Island, Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Aruba, Cura?ao, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-36; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 33 - 37. Light brown with pale dots and a narrow mid-lateral brown stripe, sometimes broken into blotches; faint bars on body; small black spot at front of dorsal fin; mature males with more yellow on head, gill membranes black; branchiostegal rays blue.
Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
Species facts
- Scientific name
- Chaenopsis limbaughi
- Family
- Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
- Order
- Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Maximum length
- 8.5
- Depth range
- 5–20 m (16–66 ft)
- Environment
- Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 20 m
- Climate
- Tropical
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Florida (USA), Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Grand Cayman Island, Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Aruba, Cura?ao, Colombia, and Venezuela.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Not Evaluated
- Threat to humans
- Harmless
- Uses
- Aquarium: commercial
Sources
Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
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