Tailspot Coralblenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)

Also known as Coral Blenny, Tailspot Blenny, Tailspot Combtooth Benny

Description

Also known as Coral Blenny, Tailspot Blenny, Tailspot Combtooth Benny.

Found singly, or in small schools, over sheltered, living coral, and rocky areas, of lagoons and coastal reefs.
They feed on algae and zooplankton.
Length - 6cm
Depth - 1-30m
Western Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines

Combtooth Blennies are the largest family of blennies, found in both tropical and subtropical waters and freshwater habitats, as the name suggests they have comb like teeth lining their jaws.
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. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Ecsenius-stigmatura.html

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