Hypsoblennius hentz

Hypsoblennius hentz. From a preserved specimen 3.0 mm long (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg with wellformed embryo, showing blood vessels. Arrows indicate
direction of flow of blood. About 3 days after fertilization (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg in 8-cell stage, lateral view about 3 hours after fertilization. A slight depression in the egg at place of attachment opposite the blastodisc is not shown. Note elongate shape of the shaded bodies (Drawn by Nell Henry) (hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From a long fish 4.45 mm long (hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

I-Iypsoblennius hentz. From egg with large embryo: about 6 days after fertilization. H, heart. Arrows
show direction of blood flow in the larger vessels (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg in about 16-cell stage, lateral view; about 3/4 hours after fertilization. Adhesive disk shown at upper margin of egg. Note round form of shaded bodies in yolk (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. Adult male 96 mm long. Note membranous expansions attached to the anal spines (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg in 4-cell stage, about 2 to 3 hours after fertilization (Drawn by Nell
Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From newly hatched fish. Length of live specimen 2.6 mm. AV, auditory vesicle (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg with an early embryo; tail underneath the opaque yolk; about 2 days
after fertilization (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From a young fish 6.2 mm long (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg showing blastoderm growing around egg; about 1 day after fertilization (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hyposblennius hentz. From egg in a moderately advanced cleavage stage; probably about 6 hours after fertilization. Only that part of the blastoderm projecting above the yolk is shown as the rest is obscured by the opaqueness of the egg (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hilderband & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From a young fish 9.8 mm long (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From egg in an advanced cleavage stage; probably about 8 hours after fertilization (Drawn by Nell Henry) (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Hypsoblennius hentz. From a young fish 12 mm long (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934).

Super Group:

Opisthokonta

Phylum:

Chordata

Sub-Phylum:

Vertebrata

Class:

Actinopteri

Order:

Perciformes

Sub-Order:

Blennioidei

Family:

Blenniidae

Sub-Family:

Salariinae

Genus:

Hypsoblennius

Species:

hentz

Authority:

Lesueur 1825

Synonym(s):

Blennius hentz (Lesueur 1825)

Hypsoblennius hentzi (Gill, 1861)

Suggest a modification

Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Hypsoblennius Gill.
Blennius Linnaeus. Caput declive, tectum. Membr. branch. rad. VI. Corpus lanceolatum. Pinnae ventrales didactylae, muticae. Pinna ani distincta.

Diagnosis_Species: Blennius hentz Lesueur. A short fleshy appendage over each eye, and a small one over each nostril; teeth long, fine, equal, close set in the jaws; dorsal fin long, subequal, a little higher posteriorly. Body three inches and four lines long, including the caudal fin; one inch deep, and from six to seven lines thick, taken near the pectoral fins. Its form is little elongate, rather short; its thickest part is the nape; the front describes a curved line descending pretty rapidly to the end of the snout: back subrectilinear, descending gradually towards the base of the tail: abdomen ample, rounded: sides compressed: anus placed in the middle of the body: snout, although very short, not truncated vertically: eyes large, placed on the summit of the head, projecting a little, situated above the angle of the mouth: branchial opening placed anterior to the base of the pectoral fins, and extending from the base of these fins to the height of the eye; it is somewhat oblique: mouth small, nearly straight: lips not very thick: jaws equal, furnished with long and fine curved teeth, arranged like those of a comb: dorsal fin long, extending from the nape to the base of the caudal; its anterior part is lower, more equal, and sustained by eleven simple spinous rays; its colour is black, with some whitish spots; its posterior part is more elevated, rounded at the extremity and sustained by fourteen divided rays, of a reddish colour, with five blackish bands; in the middle it is slightly depressed, which admits of distinguishing the two parts: pectoral fins large, placed a little behind the origin of the dorsal fin: anal fin low, equal, reaching the base of the caudal: ventral fins of a blackish colour, with four or five light blackish bands, middle sized, placed before the line of the origin of the dorsal fin: caudal fin small, round, ornamented with three or four vertical bands; colour of the body light bluish-ash, mixed with rufous, with numerous and irregular black and rufous spots. D. 11, 14. A. 16. P. 16. J. 3. C. 18.

Body_male_length: 10 cm
Body_eggs_lenght: 0.72-0.80 mm (mean 0.77 mm)
Sequence_ENC1: KF678572 (Hundt & al. 2013)
Sequence_myh6: KF678666 (Hundt & al. 2013)
Sequence_ptr: KF678757 (Hundt & al. 2013)
Sequence_tbr1: KF678857 (Hundt & al. 2013)
Sequence_12sDNA: GQ865559, EU447257 (Javonillo & Harold 2010)

Etymology

Etymology: Hypsoblennius: Greek, hypsi = high + Greek, blennios = mucus.

Type species

The type species for the genus hypsoblennius is Blennius hentz (Lesueur, 1825).

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type locality: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Ecology

Habitat:Coastal
Habitat: This western Atlantic species is found along continental coasts from Nova Scotia, Canada south to St. Lucie Inlet, Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Keys to Port Isabel, Texas and Campeche Bay, Mexico (Williams 2002; McEachran and Fechhelm 2005). In the Gulf of Mexico, this species is distributed along the northern coast from Port Isabel, TX to the Florida Keys. This species prefers hard bottoms with shells, growths of plants, sponges, ascidians, and hydroids in the summer. In the winter, it is taken from deeper channels and holes (Smith-Vaniz 1980). It is reefassociated; inhabits oyster reefs and rocky shores. This species is also common in sea-grass flats (McEachran and Fechhelm 2005). It prefers a softer, muddy-bottomed habitat with higher salinities, but may be found on oyster reefs and grassflats.
Substrate: water
Salinity: marine
Depth: Epipelagic (0-20 m)
Temperature: 30°C
Oxygen_level: Oxic
Migratory: No

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual (oviparous) (distinct pairing)
Fertility_period: Seasonal (during spring and summer) (Spawning takes place between May and August on natural oyster reefs (Smith-Vaniz 1980; McEachran and Fechhelm 2005))
Sexual_dimorphism: The males appear to grow larger than the females (largest male at hand 104 and the largest female 84 mm long) and the males have a much longer tentacle over the eye.

Feeding behaviour

Omnivorous

Carnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Original description

Description of two new Species of the Linnaean genus Blennius

Lesueur. CA (1825) Description of two new Species of the Linnaean genus Blennius. Dans: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, J. Harding,

Reference(s)

Reproduction and Development of Whitings or Kmgfishes Drums, Spot, Croaker, and Weakfishes or Sea Trouts Family Sciaenidae, of the Atlantic Coast of the United States

Hildebrand SF, Cable LE (1934) Reproduction and Development of Whitings or Kmgfishes Drums, Spot, Croaker, and Weakfishes or Sea Trouts Family Sciaenidae, of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Dans: Bulletin of the United Stated Bureau of fisheries.

The character and distribution of the Atlantic coast fishes referred to the genus hypsoblennius

Hubbs CL (1939) The character and distribution of the Atlantic coast fishes referred to the genus hypsoblennius.

A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha: Blennioidei: Blenniidae): Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats

Hundt PJ, ésias SP, Hoey AS, Simons AM (2014) A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha: Blennioidei: Blenniidae): Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70:47 - 56. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.001

A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha:Blennioidei:Blenniidae):Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats, Sup Table 1.List of species sampled,catalog number,locality, and GenBank accession number for molecular soci sampled

Hundt PJ (2013) A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha:Blennioidei:Blenniidae):Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats, Sup Table 1.List of species sampled,catalog number,locality, and GenBank accession number for molecular soci sampled.

A systematic review of the genus Chasmodes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Blenniidae)

Javonillo R (2010) A systematic review of the genus Chasmodes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Blenniidae).

Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Linnaeus C (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., 10ᵉ edn. Salvius, Holmiae

Description of larvae of the Feather Blenny, <i>Hypsoblennius hentz</i> (Pisces: Blenniidae), from New York Waters

SCHMIDT ROBERTE, MOCCIO PAULA (2013) Description of larvae of the Feather Blenny, Hypsoblennius hentz (Pisces: Blenniidae), from New York Waters. Zootaxa 3646:581. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.510.11646/zootaxa.3646.5.7

Attached phylogeny

Phylogeny of combtooth blennies inferred from a partitioned Bayesian analysis of four nuclear loci (Hundt et al. 2014)

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Amyloodinium ocellatum		Gulf Coast Research Laboratory	Lawler AR (1980) Studies on Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellata) in Mississippi Sound: Natural and Experimental Hosts. Gulf Research Reports 6:403-413.

Hypsoblennius hentz

Diagnosis

Etymology

Type species

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Original description

Description of two new Species of the Linnaean genus Blennius

Reference(s)

Reproduction and Development of Whitings or Kmgfishes Drums, Spot, Croaker, and Weakfishes or Sea Trouts Family Sciaenidae, of the Atlantic Coast of the United States

The character and distribution of the Atlantic coast fishes referred to the genus hypsoblennius

A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha: Blennioidei: Blenniidae): Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats

A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha:Blennioidei:Blenniidae):Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats, Sup Table 1.List of species sampled,catalog number,locality, and GenBank accession number for molecular soci sampled

A systematic review of the genus Chasmodes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Blenniidae)

Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Description of larvae of the Feather Blenny, <i>Hypsoblennius hentz</i> (Pisces: Blenniidae), from New York Waters

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Hypsoblennius hentz

Diagnosis

Etymology

Type species

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Original description

Reference(s)

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

Plan du site

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