Acanthemblemaria castroi, Galapagos, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Localised
Description
Scattering of blue spots on upper head, and yellow spots on lower head and jaw. Four small cirri on front of head between eyes, with yellow bases. Body brown with a row of diamond shaped white markings along upper sides, and a row of round spots along lower sides. Inhabits empty mollusc and worm holes in the reef, where it sits with only its head poking out.
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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