Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Hypsoblennius brevipinnis

Barnaclebill blenny

WoRMS 276319ITIS 636379GBIF 2395548key worms:276319

2026-08-05: itis_id 636379 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Meiacanthus grammistes

Barnaclebill blenny12 cm

US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Hypsoblennius brevipinnis — Photo · Valeria Mas · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Hypsoblennius brevipinnis, commonly known as the barnaclebill blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found on coral reefs in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL.W CalCOFI holds 6 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1963 and 2006, as larva.R

6
observations: 6
records: 6
sampling events: 1963–2006
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 6 obs · 6 events · 1963–2006 · larva
name used: Hypsoblennius brevipinnis Barnaclebill blenny · code 864

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:276319%22

Hypsoblennius brevipinnis

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.