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Emblemariopsis diaphana Longley, 1927

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Chaenopsidae

Genus: Emblemariopsis

Species: Emblemariopsis diaphana Longley, 1927

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Atlantic: USA (Florida) and a separate population in the Gulf of Mexico, off Mexico,

    • Biology

    Occurs in a wide range of substrates, where photographs show this species mostly on live coral surfaces of all morphologies, but also common on sponges, gorgonians, and dead hard bottoms; with TP males occupying holes in live corals, dead corals, and sponges (Ref. 125603). Inhabits globose coral heads of Montastrea sp. and sea fans (Ref. 51514).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless