Tasmanian Blenny
Parablennius tasmanianus
Also known as: Bully, Horned Blenny, Southern Blenny, Tasmanian Horned Blenny
- Bully
- Horned Blenny
- Southern Blenny
- Tasmanian Horned Blenny
Overview
Found singly, in shallow waters, nesting or resting in discarded bottles and cans, under jetties, tops of pylons, and in rock pools, and shallow estuaries, rich in algae growth.
Eastern Indian Ocean, Southwest Pacific - Australia, New Zealand
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.
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
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Eastern Indian Ocean, Southwest Pacific
Found singly, in shallow waters, nesting or resting in discarded bottles and cans, under jetties, tops of pylons, and in rock pools, and shallow estuaries, rich in algae growth.
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