Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20; Vertebrae: 33 - 35.

Common Names

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Black blenny , English , Australia

Black blenny , English , Indonesia

Brown coral blenny , English , Australia

Brown coral blenny , English , Malaysia

Brown coral blenny , English , Global

Brown coral-blenny , English , Australia

Dusky blenny , English , Australia

Must tumesalaar , Estonian , Estonia

Schwarzer Kammzähner , German , Austria

Bleni karang , Malay , Malaysia

乌鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

烏鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Atrosalarias

Species: Atrosalarias fuscus (Rüppell, 1838)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific Ocean: including the Red Sea.

Biology

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Adults inhabit sheltered, shallow reefs, hiding among live or dead coral branches (Ref. 1602). From estuaries to outer reef lagoons (Ref. 48636), 2-12 m deep. Solitary (Ref. 90102). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

Habitat

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associated