Galapagos Species Database
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Acanthemblemaria castroi
trambollito percebes de Galápagos, trombollito de Castro, trombollito percebes de Galápagos, Castro's tube blenny, Galápagos barnacle blenny
Head blunt with large lips and unbranched cirri above eyes. Fine blue spots on upper head: yellow spots on throat. Olive to brown body: row of large white spots down back and another along midbody. At least 51.8 cm
Habitat: Shallow inshore waters over rocky substrata between 2 and 5 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Blenniiformes
Suborder
Blennioidei
Family
Chaenopsidae
Genus
Acanthemblemaria
Species
castroi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acanthemblemaria (Metzelaar, 1919), fide Appeltans et al. (2010) Holotype: USNM 198257, male, 51.7 mm SL, from Barrington Is., Galapagos Archipelago, collected by B.W. Walker and E.S. Hobson, 17 Feb 1964, formerly UCLA [WJ64-27 [ace. no. 257404]. Remarks: In the material examined section of the original description, the holotype is indicated erroneously as "formerly UCLA [W]54-27.", Paratype: USNM 198258 (11) [10], same collection data as holotype [ace. no. 257404]. Remarks: Formerly UCLA [W]64-27. The original description lists 11 paratypes in USNM 198258, but the USNM ledger entry lists only 10, and only 10 specimens are in the jar. The location of the 11th specimen is unknown and may not have been received at USNM (Springer & Orrell, 1996).
Origin: Endemic
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- Edgar, G.J. Fariña, J.M., Calvopiña, M., Martínez, C. & Banks, S. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas II: Peces y macroinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 68-97.
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- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acanthemblemaria castroi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7686. Accessed 7 May 2026.