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blue-dashed rockskipper (Blenniella periophthalmus)
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blue-dashed rockskipper (Blenniella periophthalmus) specimen
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Blenniidae

blue-dashed rockskipper

Blenniella periophthalmus

A crescent mark behind the male eye

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

blue-dashed rockskipper is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 15 cm.

Maximum length
15 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa, east to the Marquesas and Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands; throughout Micronesia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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