Snake Blenny
Xiphasia setifer
Also known as: Eel Blenny, Hairtail Blenny, Hair-tailed Blenny, Hairtail Snake Blenny, Snake Eel Blenny
- Eel Blenny
- Hairtail Blenny
- Hair-tailed Blenny
- Hairtail Snake Blenny
- Snake Eel Blenny
Overview
Found singly, during the day over mud and sand bottoms, often with their heads showing from the tube holes of their burrows, feeding out in the open at night close to the shelter of their burrows. This blenny has huge fangs either side of its jaw.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans, invertebrates and worms.
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!
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Country only · 2
Found singly, during the day over mud and sand bottoms, often with their heads showing from the tube holes of their burrows, feeding out in the open at night close to the shelter of their burrows.
Adult photos 2
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