Cortez Triplefin

Common in the intertidal zone. Feeds on tiny invertebrates and algae.

Adults are common in the intertidal zone. They feed on tiny invertebrates and algae (Ref. 11482). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

Axoclinus nigricaudus, known commonly as the Cortez triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny. It occurs in the eastern Pacific in the western and north-eastern Gulf of California.