Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Blenniidae | Parablennius marmoreus | (Poey) | 1876 | Seaweed Blenny |
Parablennius marmoreus
Unique Characters: Body color variable with scattered dark brown spots. Bluish lines on snout and cheek. Cirrus (fringes) above eye branched. Segmented caudal-fin soft rays usually 13. Pectoral-fin soft rays. Gill opening continuous from one side of head to other across ventral surface of head.
Similar Species: Molly Miller Scartella cristata. Body olive brown with darker markings and small white spots. Comblike fringe of cirri down middle of head in front of dorsal fin. Cirri above eye branched. Segmented caudal-fin soft rays usually 13. Pectoral-fin soft rays usually 13-15. Dorsal-fin spines usually 12 or 13. Pectoral-fin soft rays usually 13 or 14. Lateral line variously formed, but never consisting of 2 disconnected, overlapping portions. Total dorsal-fin elements 25-30.
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