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Eel snake blenny (Peronedys anguillaris)
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Eel snake blenny (Peronedys anguillaris) specimen
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Clinidae

Eel snake blenny

Peronedys anguillaris

Dwells in decaying grass

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Brackish fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Small
  • Temperate fish

Peronedys anguillaris, the eel blenny, is a species of clinid found in estuaries of southern Australia. It only inhabits beds of eelgrasses where the living grasses are bedded in decaying grasses.

Family
Clinidae
Maximum length
13 cm
Water
Brackish
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: southern Australia.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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