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Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther, 1872)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20; Vertebrae: 33 - 34. Juveniles uniformly yellowish (Ref. 1602), adults dark brown to black (Ref. 37816).

Common Names

  • Brown coral blenny , English , Australia
  • Highfin blenny , English , Micronesia
  • Indo-kaeru-uo , Japanese , Japan
  • 全黑乌鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 全黑烏鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 全黑烏鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Blenniiformes

    Family: Blenniidae

    Genus: Atrosalarias

    Species: Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther, 1872)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Pacific: southern portion.

    • Biology

    Lives among branches of live and dead corals of sheltered shallow reefs (Ref. 2334). 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

    associated