Coralliozetus rosenblatti — Details

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Overview

Comprehensive Description

Description

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Common names: tube-blenny (English), trambollín-tubícola (Espanol)
 
Coralliozetus rosenblatti  Stephens, 1963


Spike-fin tube-blenny



Elongate, slender; head short, blunt, not spiny on top; simple cirri at nostrils; cirrus above eye short and flat in both sexes; no cirri on nape; notch at middle of top lip; 1 row of teeth on each side of roof of mouth;  dorsal fin XVIII-XIX, 12-13, 1st  spine with skin-flap at its base, 3rd  spine of males elongate, twice as long as following spines, a notch after that spine, 1st  3 spines slightly elongate in female; anal rays II, 21-22; pectoral rays 13.

Overall semi-translucent with numerous white flecks and brown dashes on side; males head brownish with white spots; ocellus at front of dorsal fin; females with several distinct lines of small brown dots below mouth.

Size: attains 3.5 cm.

Inhabits empty mollusk tubes on rocky reefs.

Depth: 1-9 m.

Southern Baja California and central Gulf of California.

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Biology

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Inhabits empty mollusk tubes on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton.
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Distribution

Range Description

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This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is found near southern Baja California and in the central and southern Gulf of California, Mexico.
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Depth

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Depth Range (m): 1 (G) - 9 (G)
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Zoogeography

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See Map (including site records) of Distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific


 
Global Endemism: All species, East Pacific endemic, Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic

Regional Endemism: All species, TEP endemic, Continental TEP endemic, Cortez province endemic, Continent, Continent only

Residency: Resident

Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California), Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)

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Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.
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Physical Description

Morphology

Size

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Length max (cm): 3.5 (S)
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Size

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Maximum size: 35 mm NG
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Max. size

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3.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 11482))
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Type Information

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Holotype for Coralliozetus rosenblatti
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): B. Walker & Party
Year Collected: 1953
Locality: Mexico: Bahia, Santa Inez, Coyote, Gulf of California Concepcion, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific
  • Holotype: Stephens, J. S. 1963. University of California Publications in Zoology. 68: 64.
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Paratype for Coralliozetus rosenblatti
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Collector(s): B. Walker & Party
Year Collected: 1953
Locality: Mexico: Bahia Coyote, Bahia Concepcion, Gulf of California, Mexico, Gulf of California, Pacific
  • Paratype: Stephens, J. S. 1963. University of California Publications in Zoology. 68: 64.
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Habitat and Ecology
This reef-associated species inhabits empty mollusk tubes on shallow rocky reefs.

Systems
  • Marine
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Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 2 - 15
  Temperature range (°C): 24.554 - 24.554
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.162 - 0.162
  Salinity (PPS): 34.642 - 34.642
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.733 - 4.733
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.429 - 0.429
  Silicate (umol/l): 3.286 - 3.286

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Depth range (m): 2 - 15
 
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Depth: 1 - 4m.
From 1 to 4 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated.
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Habitat

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Salinity: Marine, Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore: Inshore, Inshore Only

Water Column Position: Bottom, Bottom only

Habitat: Reef (rock &/or coral), Reef only, Rocks, Barnacles & worm tubes, Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated
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Environment

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reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 4 m (Ref. 11482)
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits empty mollusk tubes on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton.
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Feeding

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Feeding Group: Carnivore, Planktivore

Diet: mobile benthic worms, mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs), zooplankton, pelagic fish eggs
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Life History and Behavior

Reproduction

Reproduction

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Egg Type: Benthic, Pelagic larva
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Coralliozetus rosenblatti

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species. 

 
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
 
LIDM1284-08|baj60124tfcr190|Coralliozetus rosenblatti| ---------------------------------------------TATTTAATCTTTGGGGCATGAGCCGGCATAGTTGGGACAGCCCTA---AGCTTATTAATTCGGGCAGAGCTAAGCCAGCCCGGACCCTTGCTAGGTAAC---GATCAGATTTATAATGTAATTGTTACAGCACATGCATTTGTAATAATCTTCTTTATGGTTATACCTATCTTAATTGGGGGCTTTGGGAATTGACTTATCCCTCTAATA---ATTGGGGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGGATAAACAATATAAGCTTTTGACTTCTCCCCCCCTCATTCGTTCTCCTTCTAGCATCGTCGGGAGTGGAAACTGGTGCCGGAACCGGCTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTATCTGGAAACCTCGCACATGCGGGCGCGTCCGTAGATTTG---ACAATTTTTTCTCTCCACTTGGCGGGGGTATCATCGATCTTAGGGGCAATCAATTTTATTACAACTATTATTAACATAAAACCGCCTGCTATATCCCAGTATCAAACGCCCCTATTCGTCTGATCCGTCTTGATCACTGCCGTCCTTCTTCTTTTATCTTTACCCGTTTTGGCTGCA---GGAATTACTATACTTTTAACTGACCGTAACCTAAACACAACTTTCTTTGACCCTGCAGGAGGGGGGGATCCCATTTTATACCAACACCTC------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Coralliozetus rosenblatti

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2010

Assessor/s
Bessudo, S., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H., Hastings, P.

Reviewer/s
Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)

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Justification
This species is fairly widespread in the Gulf of California. There are no known major threats to this shallow-water species, other than potentially localized El Niño and associated climate change events, and no current indication of population decline. It is listed as Least Concern.
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Conservation status

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IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed

CITES: Not listed
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Population

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Population
This species occurs at relatively low densities in boulder fields.

Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats

Threats

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Major Threats
There are no major threats known for this restricted range species. However, given this species' very shallow depth range, it may be locally impacted by El Niño events and associated climatic changes in some parts of its range.
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Least Concern (LC)
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Management

Conservation Actions

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Conservation Actions
There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species distribution falls partially into a number of Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Pacific region (WDPA 2006).
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Coralliozetus rosenblatti

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Coralliozetus rosenblatti, known commonly as the Spikefin blenny in Mexico and the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of chaenopsid blenny in the genus Coralliozetus.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by John S. Stevens, jr., in 1963,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 3.5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of zooplankton.[4]

References

  1. ^ Common names of Coralliozetus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Coralliozetus rosenblatti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Stephens, J. S., Jr. 1963 (31 Dec.) [ref. 4270] A revised classification of the blennioid fishes of the American family Chaenopsidae. University of California Publications in Zoology v. 68: 1-165, Pls. 1-15.
  4. ^ [ Food items for Coralliozetus rosenblatti] at www.fishbase.org.


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