Rippled rockskipper
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing ; Intertidal . Adults are common in areas with large rubble pieces which are often used to built breakwaters or to support jetty-pylons . They hide in cracks or holes when not feeding. They jump out of the water in energetic skippings to another pool when pursued . May remain out of water under rocks or seaweeds . They breathe air when out of water . Feeds on filamentous algae . Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive , and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal . Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 23. Males darkly dusky with 5-6 pairs of bands on body and pale stripes on dorsal fin; develop a crest. Females paler in color, bands broken into spots posteriorly, dorsal fin spotted .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rippled rockskipper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Rippled rockskipper is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Distinct pairing .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 5 m , usually 0 - 1 m . Tropical; 32°N - 32°S East Africa to the Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa.
🌿 Ecology
filamentous algae (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Coral Blenny · Edentulate Blenny · Reef Blenny · Rippled Blenny · rippled rockskipper · rockskipper · Smooth-lipped Blenny · smoothlipped blenny · Toothless Blenny |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Arfaj |
| 🌍CES | slizoun bezzubý |
| 🇫🇷French | Blennie à rides · Blennie ridée |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Bavosa sdentata |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kaeru-uo · Nisekaeruuo · カエルウオ · ニセカエルウオ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 대강베도라치 |
| 🌍MAH | Jibalan |
| 🌍MAL | Kakkadan · കക്കാടന് |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Blênio-banguela |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Узорчатый истибленниус |
| 🌍TAH | 'o'opu |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 暗紋蛙鳚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alticops edentulus | Forster & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Blennius cinereus | Castelnau | 1875 | Synonym |
| Blennius edentulus | Forster & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Blennius truncatus | Forster | 1801 | Synonym |
| Istiblennius edentululus | Forster & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Istiblennius enoshimae | Jordan & Snyder | 1902 | Synonym |
| Istiblennius enosimae | Jordan & Snyder | 1902 | Synonym |
| Istilbennius edentulus | Forster & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Salarias atratus | Macleay | 1882 | Heterotypic |
| Salarias atrimarginatus | Fowler | 1946 | Synonym |
| Salarias azureus | Seale | 1906 | Synonym |
| Salarias diproktopterus | Bleeker | 1857 | Synonym |
| Salarias fluctatus | Fowler | 1945 | Synonym |
| Salarias garmani | Jordan & Seale | 1906 | Synonym |
| Salarias gilberti | Bryan & Herre | 1903 | Synonym |
| Salarias insulae | Ogilby | 1899 | Synonym |
| Salarias marcusi | Bryan & Herre | 1903 | Synonym |
| Salarias melanocephalus | Bleeker | 1849 | Synonym |
| Salarias quadricornis | Valenciennes | 1836 | Synonym |
| Salarias rechingeri | Steindachner | 1906 | Synonym |
| Salarias sindonis | Jordan & Seale | 1906 | Synonym |
| Salarias sumatranus | Bleeker | 1851 | Synonym |
| Scartella enosimae | Jordan & Snyder | 1902 | Synonym |
| Scartichthys basiliscus | Fowler | 1904 | Synonym |
| Scartichthys enosimae | Jordan & Snyder | 1902 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 28 records indexed .
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