Labrisomid

Saddle Blenny ( Malacoctenus triangulatus )

The scaly blennies ( Labrisomidae ) inhabit with 16 genera and 107 species mostly tropical regions of the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Features

The mostly 2 to 35 centimeters animals have no swim bladder and you are here as bottom dwellers in rocky habitats or in algae populations. Your body is covered with cycloid scales. The scales are never embedded in the skin. The dorsal fin has more hard than soft rays, some species have only hard jets. through the nostrils, eyes and neck, they often wear cirrenartige skin growths.

Reproduction

Males have a territory which they defend against other males. Once a female has been attracted, and after a courtship, the eggs are laid on rocky ground and guarded by the male. The hatching larvae initially live in the pelagic plankton in and go after metamorphosis to the ground about life. The genera Starksia and Xenomedia there are also viviparous species.

System

The monophyly of the family is uncertain. The family of pike blennies ( Chaenopsidae ) appear to form a monophyletic clade within the Labrisomidae.

Genera and species

• Alloclinus Hubbs, 1927 Alloclinus holderi ( Laudersbach, 1907)

• Auchenionchus crinitus ( Jenyns, 1841)
• Auchenionchus microcirrhis ( Valenciennes, 1836)
• Auchenionchus variolosus ( Valenciennes, 1836)

• Calliclinus geniguttatus ( Valenciennes, 1836)
• Calliclinus nudiventris Cervigón & Pequeño, 1979

• Cottoclinus canops McCosker, Stephens & Rosenblatt, 2003

• Cryptotrema coral linum Gilbert, 1890
• Cryptotrema seftoni Hubbs, 1954

• Dialommus fuscus Gilbert, 1891
• Dialommus macrocephalus ( Günther, 1861)

• Exerpes asper ( Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)

• Haptoclinus apectolophus Bohlke & Robins, 1974
• Haptoclinus Dropi Baldwin & Robertson, 2013

• Labrisomus albigenys Beebe & Tee - Van, 1928
• Labrisomus bucciferus Poey, 1868
• Labrisomus conditus Sazima, Carvalho - Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2009
• Labrisomus cricota Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 2002
• Labrisomus dendriticus ( Reid, 1935)
• Labrisomus fernandezianus ( Guichenot, 1848)
• Labrisomus filamentosus Springer, 1960
• Labrisomus gobio ( Valenciennes, 1836)
• Labrisomus guppyi (Norman, 1922)
• Labrisomus haitiensis Beebe & Tee - Van, 1928
• Labrisomus jenkinsi ( Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
• Labrisomus kalisherae (Jordan, 1904)
• Labrisomus multiporosus Hubbs, 1953
• Labrisomus nigricinctus Howell Rivero, 1936
• Labrisomus nuchipinnis ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Labrisomus philippii ( Steindachner, 1866)
• Labrisomus pomaspilus Springer & Rosenblatt, 1965
• Labrisomus socorroensis Hubbs, 1953
• Labrisomus striatus Hubbs, 1953
• Labrisomus wigginsi Hubbs, 1953
• Labrisomus xanti Gill, 1860

• Malacoctenus africanus Malacoctenus boehlkei
• Malacoctenus tetranemus
• Malacoctenus aurolineatus
• Malacoctenus gilli
• Malacoctenus boehlkei
• Malacoctenus costaricanus
• Malacoctenus culebrae
• Malacoctenus delalandii
• Malacoctenus ebisui
• Malacoctenus erdmani
• Malacoctenus gigas
• Malacoctenus hubbsi
• Malacoctenus macropus
• Malacoctenus margaritae
• Malacoctenus triangulatus
• Malacoctenus versicolor
• Malacoctenus zacae
• Malacoctenus zonifer
• Malacoctenus zonogaster

• Nemaclinus atelestos Bohlke & Springer, 1975

• Paraclinus altivelis ( Lockington, 1881)
• Paraclinus arcanus Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
• Paraclinus barbatus Springer, 1955
• Paraclinus beebei Hubbs, 1952
• Paraclinus cingulate ( Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
• Paraclinus ditrichus Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
• Paraclinus fasciatus ( Steindachner, 1876)
• Paraclinus fail manni Springer & Trist, 1969
• Paraclinus grandicomis ( Rosén, 1911)
• Paraclinus infrons Bohlke, 1960
• Paraclinus integripinnis (Smith, 1880)
• Paraclinus magdalenae Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
• Paraclinus marmoratus ( Steindachner, 1876)
• Paraclinus mexicanus ( Gilbert, 1904)
• Paraclinus Monophthalmus ( Günther, 1861)
• Paraclinus naeorhegmis Bohlke, 1960
• Paraclinus nigripinnis ( Steindachner, 1867)
• Paraclinus rubicundus ( Starks, 1913)
• Paraclinus sini Hubbs, 1952
• Paraclinus spectator Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
• Paraclinus stephensi Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
• Paraclinus Tanygnathus Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
• Paraclinus walkeri Hubbs, 1952

• Starksia atlantica Longley, 1934
• Starksia brasiliensis ( Gilbert, 1900)
• Starksia cremnobates ( Gilbert, 1890)
• Starksia culebrae ( Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
• Starksia elongata Gilbert, 1971
• Starksia fasciata ( Longley, 1934)
• Starksia fulva Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia galapagensis Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia grammilaga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia greenfieldi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
• Starksia guadalupae Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia guttata ( Fowler, 1931)
• Starksia hassi Klausewitz, 1958
• Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia langi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
• Starksia lepicoelia Bohlke & Springer, 1961
• Starksia lepidogaster Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia leucovitta Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia melasma Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia multilepis Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia Nanodes Bohlke & Springer, 1961
• Starksia occidentalis Greenfield, 1979
• Starksia ocellata ( Steindachner, 1876)
• Starksia posthon Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
• Starksia rava Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia robert soni Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011
• Starksia sangreyae Castillo & Baldwin, 2011
• Starksia sella Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia sluiteri ( Metzelaar, 1919)
• Starksia smithvanizi Williams & Mounts, 2003
• Starksia spinipenis (Al- Uthman, 1960)
• Starksia springeri Castillo & Baldwin, 2011
• Starksia starcki Gilbert, 1971
• Starksia variabilis Greenfield, 1979
• Starksia weigti Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
• Starksia williamsi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
• Starksia y- lineata Gilbert, 1965

• Xenomedea rhodopyga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971