Emblemaria piratica
Emblemaria piratica
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The sailfin signal blenny is a species of tube-dwelling blenny part of the family Chaenopsidae found in the eastern Pacific Ocean extending from southern Mexico to Panama. Due to their name as tube blennies, members of the family commonly forage on small benthic invertebrates such as barnacles, mollusks, zooplankton and polychaete tube worms. The species is known for its large prominent spiny dorsal fin and sexual dimorphism found between both genders. Notably sexual dimorphism is common across the family Chaenopsidae with varying degrees of variation that is used in territorial and courtship displays.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Chaenopsidae
- Genus
- Emblemaria