The blennioid fishes of Belize and Honduras, Central America, with comments on their systematics, ecology, and distribution (Blenniidae, Chaenopsidae, Labrisomidae, Tripterygiidae) / David W. Greenfield, Robert Karl Johnson.

Wave energy and spatial variability in community structure of small cryptic coral reef fishes

“…base) by high numbers of very small, lighter (<15 mm TL) ones. These results correlate well with previously described patterns in the Caribbean (Greenfield & Johnson 1981, Greenfield 2003 and at Lizard Island (Wilson 2001) where some species of Blenniidae appear to show preferences for shallow, high energy habitats. Differences in size-class distributions across wave exposure gradients have previously been documented in temperate labrids with smilar results to those presented here (Fulton & Bellwood 2004).…”

Geographic Distribution of Twinhorn Blenny, <I>Coralliozetus Cardonae</I> (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Chaenopsidae), with New Records from the Southern Caribbean

“…Our data suggest a possible geographic variation in fin-ray counts from east to west along the coast and islands to the north of Venezuela. This decrease was also observed in Panamá (Hastings and Robertson 1999) and Belize (Greenfield and Johnson 1981) specimens, that presented minors modes in the dorsal soft rays (11) and anal soft rays (19), than in the Venezuelan and Netherlands Antilles specimens. However, populations of the northern Caribbean (Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Saint John) (Stephens et al 1966), and Colombia (Acero 1987), present equal mode in the counts of the spines (18) and total elements of the dorsal fin (30), as those observed in our specimens from the east and central coast of Venezuela.…”

“…Habitat. According with various authors (Böhlke and Chaplin 1993, Greenfield and Johnson 1981, Acero 1987, Hastings and Robertson 1999, C. cardonae occurs in clear-water habitats, from immediately below the intertidal to~5 m depth. Most specimens deposited in museums (USNM, UF, ANSP, AMNH, MHNM-INVEMAR) and examined by us, were captured within this depth range, although at Archipelago de Los Testigos, Venezuela (MHNLS 24601, 24602) 10 specimens were captured from 9 to 11 m. As in the coasts of Curaçao (Nagelkerken 1974), Colombia (Acero 1987) and Saint Lucia (Hastings and Robertson 1999), we found that in Venezuela C. cardonae is associated with hard coral and rocky bottoms.…”

Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae) from Belize and Honduras, Central America, with a Redescription of Gobiesox barbatulus Starks

“…Results are based on ten years (1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980) of collecting in Belize and 31 collections in northern Honduras (Miskito Coast Expedition, 1975, see Greenfield and Johnson, 1981 33 genera) known from the western Atlantic, six species (four genera) are represented in our collections. A seventh species from freshwater in Honduras also is represented.…”

“…Evidence for this conclusion is presented and discussed. Localities and collecting methods used in our continuing study of the Belize shorefish fauna are detailed in Greenfield and Johnson (1981 ), except for localities visited since completion of that work. In all we have obtained nearly 400 marine collections from Belize in ten years of work, but clingfishes were represented in only a small fraction of that total.…”