Description

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This species is distinguished from A. hastingsi in having melanophores on the lower jaws that do not reach all the way to the distal end; it possess a red primary bright head color (vs. orange), and the windowing effect around that color is not present or is less distinct; almost not having melanophores reaching the base of the first dorsal fin and more typically have a dark, round spot or stretched out spot instead of a swath (Ref. 84469).

Common Names

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Barnacle blenny , English , UK

Mexican barnacle blenny , English , Mexico

大斑棘胎鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Blenia , Spanish , Mexico

Tubícola mexicano , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Chaenopsidae

Genus: Acanthemblemaria

Species: Acanthemblemaria macrospilus Brock, 1940

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: southern Baja California to Acapulco in Mexico and the Revillagigedo Islands.

Biology

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Inhabits empty barnacles and worm or mollusk tubes on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton.

Habitat

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associated