WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Highbrow Rockskipper

Hirculops cornifer

Also known as: Coral Blenny, Highbrow Blenny, Red Sea Rabbit Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny, Rockskipper

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@JarJar · Gorgonia Beach, Egypt · September 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, over rubble, sand, and seagrass beds, of very shallow, coral and rocky coastal reefs.

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

Pattern
striped

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
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Found singly or in pairs, over rubble, sand, and seagrass beds, of very shallow, coral and rocky coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusHirculops
    7. speciesHirculops cornifer (Rüppell, 1830)

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)