IUCN threat status:

Least Concern (LC)

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Common names: blenny (English), trambollo (Espanol)
 
Labrisomus multiporosus Hubbs, 1953


Pore-head blenny


Body robust; head broad, snout blunt; a dense covering of sensory pores on head, especially behind eye; eye large; nostrils with cirri; a branched cirrus over each eye; heavily branched cirri on each side of nape; mouth large, slightly oblique, top rear jawbone exposed, not in a sheath; roof of mouth - teeth at sides larger than those at center front; dorsal fin XVII-XIX, 11-13, notched between spines and rays; anal rays II, 17-18; pectoral rays 14 (13-15); 3 pelvic soft rays; 65-69 lateral line scales; 7-8 rows scales between LL and 6th dorsal spine; 4-6 scales before dorsal fin; head scaleless, except for a few scales along top edge of gill cover .

Brownish with heavy dark brown mottling on sides; a pair of oblique brown bands across cheek; prominent dark spotting on dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins. 





Size: Attains at least 13 cm.

Inhabits weed-covered rocky reefs.

Depth: 1-20 m.

Central Baja California and the Gulf of California to Peru, including the Revillagigedos and Galapagos Islands.

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