Blenniella gibbifrons Hump-headed blenny

Blenniella gibbifronsis commonly referred to as Hump-headed blenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7756 

AphiaID:

219251 

Scientific:

Blenniella gibbifrons 

German:

Kammzahnschleimfisch 

English:

Hump-headed Blenny 

Category:

Blennies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniella (Genus) > gibbifrons (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1824 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Réunion , South-Africa, Tahiti, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands, Wake Atoll 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 4 Meter 

Size:

3.54" - 4.72" (9cm - 12cm) 

Temperature:

74.48 °F - 84.74 °F (23.6°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Algae 

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Blenniella bilitonensis
• Blenniella caudolineata
• 
  Blenniella chrysospilos
  Rotpunkt-Schleimfisch
• 
  Blenniella cyanostigma
  Felshüpfer
• 
  Blenniella gibbifrons
  Kammzahnschleimfisch
• 
  Blenniella interrupta
  Gestreifter Schleimfisch
• Blenniella leopardus
• 
  Blenniella paula
  Blaugestrichelter Kammzahnschleimfisch, Blaugestrichelter Felsenspringer
• 
  Blenniella periophthalmus
  Chromosomen-Felsenspringer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-12-05 19:10:10 

Last edit:

2014-12-05 19:10:10 

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