Striped Blenny

Striped Blenny
Meiacanthus grammistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Meiacanthus
Species: M. grammistes
Binomial name
Meiacanthus grammistes
(Valenciennes, 1836)

Striped Blenny, Meiacanthus grammistes, is a Blenny from the Western Pacific Ocean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The fish stays in the open saltwater ocean but travels into shallow saltwater and brackish estuaries. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. The fish is sout, deep-bodied with a pointed snout and long continues dorsal fin. It is brown with tan wavy bands stretches the length of its body. On the dorsal fin near the head is a small blue spot. It grows to a size of 10 cm in length.

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