🌿 Brackish
Data Deficient
🌡️ Temperate
Eel snake blenny
Peronedys anguillaris Steindachner, 1883
📖 Overview
Found in very specific habitat, primarily in still estuaries where living seagrasses are based on decaying ones .
Scientific Name
Peronedys anguillaris
Authority
Steindachner, 1883
Habitat
Brackish
Climate
Temperate
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
13 cm
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
18.00/100
🔬 Taxonomy
Genus
Peronedys
Peronedys
Species
Eel snake blenny
Peronedys anguillaris
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Eel snake blenny is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Eel snake blenny is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate West Pacific: southern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌿 Brackish
Trophic Level
3.4±0.4
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00102 × L3.06
(TL)
Max TL
13cm
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2010
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
18.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Steindachner, 1883
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