Labrisomus cricota

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Craig, M.T. |author2=Williams, J. |date=2014 |title=Labrisomus cricota |volume=2014 |page=e.T185148A1772303 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T185148A1772303.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Labrisomus cricota

| authority = I. Sazima (fr), Gasparini & R. L. Moura, 2002

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Labrisomus cricota, the Mock blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where it occurs on rocky bottoms with plentiful algal growth at depths down to {{convert|4|m|ft}}. It is believed that the territorial males keep harems of females. Males of this species can reach a length of {{convert|9.3|cm|in}} SL while females can attain a length of {{convert|10.3|cm|in}}. This is a species sought after by local subsistence fisheries.{{FishBase |genus= Labrisomus|species= cricota| month = October | year = 2013}}

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cricota

Category:Fish described in 2002

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