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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Temperate

Slender snake blenny

Sticharium dorsale Günther, 1867
Max Length
9.5 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
-
Climate
Temperate
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
14.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
-

📖 Overview

Although difficult to see, specimens are easily found by following distinct waving trail they leave behind .

Scientific Name
Sticharium dorsale
Authority
Günther, 1867
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Temperate
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
9.5 cm
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
14.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Blenniiformes
Blenniiformes
Family
Clinidae
Clinidae
Genus
Sticharium
Sticharium
Species
Slender snake blenny
Sticharium dorsale

🐟 Physical Description

Physical description for Slender snake blenny is currently being compiled.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Slender snake blenny is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; benthopelagic. Temperate West Pacific: endemic to southern Australia.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
Trophic Level
3.3±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00501 × L3.06 (TL)
Max TL
9.5cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2010

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
14.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Günther, 1867

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇬🇧English Multicolor Snake Blenny · Sand Crawler · Slender Snake Blenny

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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