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Bony fish

Scarface Blenny

Cirripectes vanderbilti

Also known as: Coral Blenny, Redhead Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@mlev · Hawaii - Maui - Kam III beach, United States · January 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, on hard bottoms, over shallow surge zones, of coastal, coral and rocky reefs.
Eastern Central Pacific - Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Islands

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
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Pacific
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Found singly, on hard bottoms, over shallow surge zones, of coastal, coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusCirripectes
    7. speciesCirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938)

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)