Flesh-crested blenny

Characteristics

Associates with mussels and utilises empty mussel shells as shelter. Mainly feeds on molluscs and detritus.

Description

  • Body dark brown.
  • Several thin vertical white lines on head.
  • Nape with crest (a cone-like structure on the top of the head).

Common Name: Flesh-crested blenny

Family Common Name: Blennies

Scientific Name: Omobranchus fasciolatoceps___(Richardson, 1846)

Maximum Length: 8 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
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Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Flesh-crested blenny