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Little Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius minutus

Also known as: Collar Blenny, Coral Blenny, Little Clown Blenny, Maldive Blenny, Maldives Collar Blenny, Maldivian Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@fishx6 · Gangehi, Maldives · March 20081 / 7
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, peeping out of crevices and holes, in rock and rubble areas, over clear, shallow, inner and outer reefs, rich in algae growth.
They feed on algae from dead coral bases.
Western Indian Ocean - Maldives

Coombtooth 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
barsspots
Head & Mouth
chin line

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
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Found singly or in pairs, peeping out of crevices and holes, in rock and rubble areas, over clear, shallow, inner and outer reefs, rich in algae growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusEcsenius
    7. speciesEcsenius minutus Klausewitz, 1963

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)