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Bony fish

Mangrove Oyster Blenny

Omobranchus obliquus

Also known as: Coral Blenny, Flymo Blenny, Lawnmower Blenny, Mangrove Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny, Roundhead Blenny, Zebra Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2026
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, often hiding in holes or zipping around the reef, in shallow waters, amongst coral, rubble, seagrass beds, and mangroves, in sheltered bays.

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.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly or in small schools, often hiding in holes or zipping around the reef, in shallow waters, amongst coral, rubble, seagrass beds, and mangroves, in sheltered bays.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusOmobranchus
    7. speciesOmobranchus obliquus (Garman, 1903)

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)