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The glass blenny inhabits a wide range of substrates, photos show them mostly on live coral surfaces of all morphologies, but also frequently on sponges, gorgonians and dead hard bottoms.
SeaLifeBase reports that Emblemariopsis diaphana likes to visit spherical coral heads of Montastrea sp. and sea fans.
TP males occupy holes in live corals, dead corals and sponges.
Emblemariopsis diaphana is the only glass blenny in southern Florida, occurring primarily in Dade County, the Keys and the Tortugas, with a separate population in the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico.
The Gulf population was first documented at Veracruz in 2011 with photos by Kirk Kilfoyle and first recorded on Campeche Bank reefs by photo in 2010 at Alacranes Reef.
This species of glass blenny is also visually very variable in colour due to different colouring and patterning.
Synonyms:
Chaenopsis diaphana Longley, 1927
Chaenopsis diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
Coralliozetus diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
Emblemaria diaphana (Longley, 1927)
Emblemariopsis diaphanus Longley, 1927
Source:
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Review of the glass blennies (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae: Emblemariopsis) with two new species from the Caribbean Sea
Benjamin C. Victor
2020, Volume 37
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
SeaLifeBase reports that Emblemariopsis diaphana likes to visit spherical coral heads of Montastrea sp. and sea fans.
TP males occupy holes in live corals, dead corals and sponges.
Emblemariopsis diaphana is the only glass blenny in southern Florida, occurring primarily in Dade County, the Keys and the Tortugas, with a separate population in the Gulf of Mexico off Mexico.
The Gulf population was first documented at Veracruz in 2011 with photos by Kirk Kilfoyle and first recorded on Campeche Bank reefs by photo in 2010 at Alacranes Reef.
This species of glass blenny is also visually very variable in colour due to different colouring and patterning.
Synonyms:
Chaenopsis diaphana Longley, 1927
Chaenopsis diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
Coralliozetus diaphanus (Longley, 1927)
Emblemaria diaphana (Longley, 1927)
Emblemariopsis diaphanus Longley, 1927
Source:
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
Review of the glass blennies (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae: Emblemariopsis) with two new species from the Caribbean Sea
Benjamin C. Victor
2020, Volume 37
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
