Chaenopsidae

clubhead barnacle blenny

Acanthemblemaria balanorum

Empty barnacle shells are its permanent home

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Acanthemblemaria balanorum, the clubhead blenny or clubhead barnacle blenny, is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs from the Gulf of California along the coast of Mexico south to Colombia and Ecuador. This fish lives in rocky reef habitat in tropical marine waters no deeper than 5 m. It inhabits empty barnacle shells, in particular those of Megabalanus tintinnabulum.