Convict blenny

Pholidichthys leucotaenia

Fish Reaching Thirty Four Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Pholidichthys leucotaenia, commonly known as the convict blenny or goby or the engineer blenny or goby, is a marine fish from the west-central Pacific Ocean. Despite its common names, it is neither a blenny nor a goby, but is in fact one of two species in the family Pholidichthyidae.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cichlids and Allies
Family: Pholidichthyidae
Genus: Pholidichthys
Maximum length: 34 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Philippines south to the Solomon Islands. Absent from Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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