Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 19; Vertebrae: 35. This species is distinguished from A. leptus by the following characters: D X (vs. IX); vertebrae 12 + 23 (vs. 13 + 19); mid-dorsal supratemporal pores 2 (vs. 1); males with a conspicuous blue ocellus between dorsal-fin spines, absent in females (Ref. 117352).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Adelotremus

Species: Adelotremus deloachi Smith-Vaniz, 2017

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs on sandy bottom; sticks halfway out of holes and when spooked, disappears down into its hole (Ref. 117352). Caught by hand net or clove oil (Ref. 117352).

Habitat

neritic