Description
Also known as Coral Blenny, Indo-Pacific Blenny, Japanese Blenny, Muzzled Oysterblenny, Spotted Oyster Blenny.
Found in shallow waters, amongst mangroves and rocks, and in tide-pools over brackish waters of coastal reefs.
They feed on filamentous algae and benthic invertebrates.
Length - 9cm
Depth - 0-2m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean
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://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Omobranchus-punctatus
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