Reef Margin Blenny
Entomacrodus striatus
Also known as: Bignose Blenny, Black-spotted Rockskipper, Coral Blenny, Pearly Rockskipper, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny, Rockskipper, Straited Blenny, Streaked Blenny
- Bignose Blenny
- Black-spotted Rockskipper
- Coral Blenny
- Pearly Rockskipper
- Reef Blenny
- Rock Blenny
- Rockskipper
- Straited Blenny
- Streaked Blenny
Overview
Found in small schools poking their heads out of holes dominated by the largest, in very shallow surge zones of lagoons and seaward reefs, at low tide they can be found in tide pools.
They feed on filamentous algae from dead coral bases.
Coombtooth Blennies are the largest family of bennies, 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.
How to identify
- Pattern
- blotches
- Behaviour
- head showingschoolingterritorial
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
Found in small schools poking their heads out of holes dominated by the largest, in very shallow surge zones of lagoons and seaward reefs, at low tide they can be found in tide pools.
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