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Bony fish

Dentex Blenny

Ecsenius dentex

Also known as: Aqaba Blenny, Coral Blenny, Red Sea Combtooth Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@JarJar · Qulaan Islands, Egypt · September 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found singly, in crevices and holes or resting on rocks, over shallow coastal waters rich in coral growth.
Western Indian Ocean - Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

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, well suited for scraping food off hard surfaces!
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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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
  • Country only · 4
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Found singly, in crevices and holes or resting on rocks, over shallow coastal waters rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusEcsenius
    7. speciesEcsenius dentex Springer, 1988

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)