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Acanthemblemaria aspera, the roughhead blenny, is a species of blenny native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. Typical length is 19 mm (0.75 in) for adult males and 21 mm (0.83 in) for females.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Roughhead Blenny being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthemblemaria maria
- Emblemaria pandionis
- Acanthemblemaria spinosa
- Acanthemblemaria macrospilus
- Parablennius postoculomaculatus
- Acanthemblemaria hancocki
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Chaenopsidae
- Genus
- Acanthemblemaria
- Species
- Acanthemblemaria aspera
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