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Pikeblenny

Chaenopsis sp.

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20.5101, -86.9489

Field Notes

Description:

Photo take at -70ft in a Caribbean Reef.
Very small fish come out from a sand tube construction and bite me.

Species ID Suggestions

Pikeblenny

Chaenopsis sp.
LivanEscudero
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Comments (7)
The MnMs
Te mordio y todo, que pequeñin!
Gerardo Aizpuru
Thanks Livan for the ID this is very rare to see i have seen it only 2 times I thinks the same is a Pikeblenny.
LivanEscudero
I'm guessing a Bluethroat Pikeblenny female. http://www.eyefathom.com/photos.php?picID=1074

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Caribbean Reef Fish of Southern Mexico
Mission
2012 Best Wildlife Photo
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 22, 2012

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