Banded Blenny

Salarias fasciatus

The jewelled blenny, "Salarias fasciatus", is a popular marine aquarium fish species in Australasia. Despite being also known as the lawnmower blenny due to its propensity to consume algae growth from rocks and glass, it is principally a detritivore, with plant material making up only 15% of its diet.
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Appearance

A small fish, with maximum recorded size of about 14cm. Body depth about 3.7 to 4.2 in length, head small, branched supraorbital and nuchal cirri. Lip margins smooth. No notch in dorsal fin, dorsal and anal fins attached to base of caudal fin by a membrane. Adult males have elongated anterior rays on the anal fin. Colour variable. Usually olive to brown with dark bars and a large number of round or elongated white spots of different sizes. There are usually dark longitudinal lines on the front part of the body, and small bright blue spots with dark outlines along the rear part of the body.

Distribution

East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Islands of Micronesia

Habitat

Usually seen on shallow reef flats with heavy algal cover.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderBlenniiformes
FamilyBlenniidae
GenusSalarias
SpeciesS. fasciatus
Photographed in
Philippines