Labrisomus nuchipinnis, the hairy blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of the Americas to the African coast. This species prefers areas that give them crevices and holes to shelter in such as areas with rock or rubble substrates, reefs or beds of seagrass. They can be found in shallow water only a few centimeters deep to a depth of 10 m though they are much rarer deeper than 5 m. Carnivorous, they prey on such animals as crustaceans, gastropods, echinoderms such as urchins and brittle stars, polychaete worms and other fishes. This species can reach a length of 23 cm TL. They can also be found in the aquarium trade. Gallery alt=|Artist's interpretation of ''Labrisomus nuhipinnis''
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Labrisomus nuchipinnis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens41
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections53
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P652 bp consensus38 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 7 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.2%
Haplotypes13
BIN1
Most divergent pair15.8%
N.AmericaOtherS.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
07Deep time~10.5 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin10.5 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 038 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 506
Museum / vouchered2 513
Other19
Origin
Native173
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 444 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit980
200–1000 m twilight0
1–4 km midnight0
>4 km abyssal0
median 4 m · max 141 m · 980 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 435≤1 km 111≤10 km 30>10 km 51
627 georeferenced · 1 879 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 506
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 87≤1 km 300≤10 km 214>10 km 72
673 georeferenced · 1 840 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 513
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions19 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
218
University of Texas Biodiversity Collections (UTBC)location not on record
163
Washington, US
158
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record
125
UNICAMPlocation not on record
117
Chicago, US
93
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Poza Rica-Tuxpanlocation not on record
76
Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record
58
FishBaselocation not on record
45
Cambridge, US
43
Los Angeles, US
39
Toronto, CA
38
UFESlocation not on record
35
CASlocation not on record
33
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record
31
Ann Arbor, US
27
Paris, FR
26
21
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
16
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
15
USP-RPlocation not on record
12
New Haven, US
10
University of California San Diegolocation not on record
10
South Kensington, GB
8
INMAlocation not on record
7
Morelia, MX
7
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
6
Tapachula, MX
6
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
5
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
4
Geneva, CH
4
University of Alabamalocation not on record
3
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX
3
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
University of Minnesota, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Montgomery, US
2
Research Collection of Benjamin Victorlocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
UFRRJlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
NHMOlocation not on record
1
University of Nebraskalocation not on record
1
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Champaign, US
1
47 institutions · 1 481 of 2 513 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA53 detections
Where the DNA of Labrisomus nuchipinnis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found53
Studies independent surveys1
Countries11
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 53 detections have coordinates
Open the map11 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median25.8 °C 25.2–27.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.70 °C
Max temp (day)26.9 °C 25.9–28.1
Min temp (night)25.2 °C 24.1–26.2
Precipitation107 mm/mo 15.6–294
Air humidity63.0 % 59.9–66.7
Moisture balance-73.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,252 Pa 1,117–1,299
Wind speed5.50 m/s
Cloud cover26.1 % 13.7–39.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 48 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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