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Giant Blenny

Scartichthys gigas

Also known as: Coral Blenny, Peruvian Giant Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@benignor · Santa Marta, Colombia · July 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found peeping out of crevices and holes, in shallow waters, of rocky coastlines.

This blenny is often caught to make a mild narcotic soup called Borracho

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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found peeping out of crevices and holes, in shallow waters, of rocky coastlines.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusScartichthys
    7. speciesScartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)