Largespot eel blenny
📖 Overview
Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Collected from areas with substrates of sponges, sand, a little mud and few large shell fragments. Eggs with cruciform hooks on the surface.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62 - 64; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 52 - 54; Vertebrae: 66 - 69. Opercle with a dark ocellated spot. Gill membranes fused to the isthmus. Posterior otic sensory canal pore absent. Preopercular canal usually with 7 pores. Large spots arranged in three rows where dorsalmost and ventralmost rows extending distally on bases of dorsal and anal fin bases.: eel-like; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Largespot eel blenny is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Largespot eel blenny is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Largespot eel blenny is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Tropical; 16°S - 18°S known only from the southern portion of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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