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Title: Blenny In Sponge. Cuba
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A spinyhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa) emerges in a hole in a sponge (Cliona sp.) covered coral rock. The sponge is also covered in zoanthids (Parazoanthus parasiticus) which live here safe from predation because few species can stomach the sponge’s poisonous flesh. The sponge also creates feeding currents that help provide food to the regularly spaced zoanthids. This fish was previously identified as the secretary blenny in many sources. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Caribbean Sea
- coral reef
- Cuba
- Fishes
- Gardens of the Queen
- Havana
- Jardines de la Reina
- Marine Life
- spinyhead blenny: Acanthemblemaria spinosa
- tropical
- Tube Blennies: Chaenopsidae
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