Thomas Menut, Frankreich
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The specimens for the initial description were collected from an inner part of the reef flat in small, irregular sand basins between limestone rocks with coral fragments at a depth of 0.1 meters.
The body of this blenny is elongated. Males over 29 mm TL have a single low posterior head crest, and there is usually a single nuchal crest.
The supraorbital region has a single long crest. The nose of 4 lat is equipped with small, hand-shaped crests.
The gill openings run continuously across the ventral surface of the head.
The head is light brown with white spots and orange lines, the body reddish-light brown with brownish bands.
On the ventral side, there are three bands in the middle of the body with a black and white spot and three white horizontal lines.
The spiny dorsal fin is reddish at the base and dark at the end, with several reddish spots.
he soft dorsal fin is reddish at the base, with orange and reddish spots and slanted dark red lines.
The anal fin is dark, yellowish at the end, while the caudal fin is light brown with an orange rear edge.
Unfortunately, this pretty blenny species has been little studied, so there is no detailed information available about the diet of Blenniella leopardus. Overall, despite its very wide distribution, there are only a few good photos of the species.
The name “leopard blenny” was chosen because of the five particularly striking vertical stripes on its body.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Thomas Menut for providing us with the great photo of Blenniella leopardus for use in the Saltwater Encyclopedia.We have provided a link to Dr. Thomas Menut's INaturalist page under the further links.
A look at his page on iNaturalist shows many beautiful photos of other marine animals.
Synonyms:
Entomacrodus leopardus Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted
Salarias bleekeri Chapman, 1951 · unaccepted
The body of this blenny is elongated. Males over 29 mm TL have a single low posterior head crest, and there is usually a single nuchal crest.
The supraorbital region has a single long crest. The nose of 4 lat is equipped with small, hand-shaped crests.
The gill openings run continuously across the ventral surface of the head.
The head is light brown with white spots and orange lines, the body reddish-light brown with brownish bands.
On the ventral side, there are three bands in the middle of the body with a black and white spot and three white horizontal lines.
The spiny dorsal fin is reddish at the base and dark at the end, with several reddish spots.
he soft dorsal fin is reddish at the base, with orange and reddish spots and slanted dark red lines.
The anal fin is dark, yellowish at the end, while the caudal fin is light brown with an orange rear edge.
Unfortunately, this pretty blenny species has been little studied, so there is no detailed information available about the diet of Blenniella leopardus. Overall, despite its very wide distribution, there are only a few good photos of the species.
The name “leopard blenny” was chosen because of the five particularly striking vertical stripes on its body.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Thomas Menut for providing us with the great photo of Blenniella leopardus for use in the Saltwater Encyclopedia.We have provided a link to Dr. Thomas Menut's INaturalist page under the further links.
A look at his page on iNaturalist shows many beautiful photos of other marine animals.
Synonyms:
Entomacrodus leopardus Fowler, 1904 · unaccepted
Salarias bleekeri Chapman, 1951 · unaccepted
