Acanthemblemaria
Introduction '''''Acanthemblemaria''''' is a genus of chaenopsid blennies native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Etymology Acanthemblemaria: '''Greek'''''',''' akantha = thorn + '''Greek,''' emblema, -atos, anything that is nailed, knocked in; also anything with bass or high relief
Description Body elongated; head short and blunt; pointed or blunt spines on snout, below eye, sometimes on top of head; 2 rows of very well developed teeth on the roof of the mouth; 1 pair of branched or unbranched  cirri over eyes;  cirri over nostrils; usually with a notch between the spiny and soft parts of the dorsal fin
Species The 21 recognized species in this genus are:* ''Acanthemblemaria aspera'' (Longley, 1927) (roughhead blenny)	* ''Acanthemblemaria atrata'' Hastings & D. R. Robertson, 1999 (Cocos barnacle blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria balanorum'' Brock, 1940 (clubhead blenny)	* ''Acanthemblemaria betinensis'' Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (speckled blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria castroi'' J. S. Stephens & Hobson, 1966 (Galapagos barnacle blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria chaplini'' J. E. Böhlke, 1957 (papillose blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria crockeri'' Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 (browncheek blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria exilispinus'' J. S. Stephens, 1963 (bluntspine blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria greenfieldi'' Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (false papillose blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria hancocki'' G. S. Myers & Reid, 1936 (Hancock's blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria harpeza'' J. T. Williams, 2002* ''Acanthemblemaria hastingsi'' H. C. Lin & Galland, 2010 (Cortez barnacle blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria johnsoni'' Almany & C. C. Baldwin, 1996* ''Acanthemblemaria macrospilus'' Brock, 1940 (barnacle blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria mangognatha'' Hastings & D. R. Robertson, 1999 (Revillagigedo barnacle blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria maria'' J. E. Böhlke 1961 (secretary blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria medusa'' Smith-Vaniz & Palacio, 1974 (Medusa blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria paula'' G. D. Johnson & Brothers, 1989 (dwarf spinyhead blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria rivasi'' J. S. Stephens, 1970 (spotjaw blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria spinosa'' Metzelaar, 1919 (spinyhead blenny)* ''Acanthemblemaria stephensi'' Rosenblatt & McCosker, 1988 (Malpelo barnacle blenny)
Behavior and diet Acanthemblemaria are mostly filter feeding fishes, they inhabit coral reefs, rocky reefs and abandoned worm and mollusc tubes.They feed mostly on passing benthic crustaceans, zooplankton, benthic worms,
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