Australian Blenny

Scientific Name: Ecsenius australianus
Species: Blennies (Blenniidae)
Other names: Reef Blennies, Rock Blennies, Combtooth Blenny, Australian Combtooth Blenny.

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Description

Also known as Reef Blennies, Rock Blennies, Combtooth Blenny and Australian Combtooth Blenny.

Found singly pairs or in small groups on coral areas of lagoons and outer reef slopes.
They feed on algae from dead coral bases.
Length - 5cm
Depth - 3-22m
Localized - N.Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, New Guinea and S.E. Papua.

Reef and Rock Blennies are usually territorial and have their own areas of rock pools which they skip and jump over, scraping algae from the surface of dead corals. Some male Blennies have small harems of arguing females.
Males and females often have different colouring and features.

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The Australian Blenny has been photographed 1 times by user @fishx6