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Large-Banded
Blenny
Tramado
Ophioblennius steindachneri
Large-Banded Blenny
Conservation status
Least concern.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:
Estatus de conservación
Large-Banded BlennyLarge-Banded Blenny
Fun facts
It likes to live among the rocks, in the surf zone.
They are very territorial, vigorously defending their habitat from intruders.
These fish do not have scales.
General aspects
Cilidrical body, head with fringed tentacles called cirri above their eyes, back of neck and nostril edges.
Elongated inferior fins.
It has two incisive, comb-like teeth to feed itself with algae and crustaceans.
Flecha atrás
Intertidal