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Hump-headed Blenny

Blenniella gibbifrons

Classification

Blenniella gibbifrons, also known as the hump-headed blenny, bullethead rockskipper or picture rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans from East Africa in the west to the Hawaiian, Line and Ducie Islands, in the east and north to Marcus Island. It was first recorded by French biologists Quoy and Gaimard in 1824. Biology Blenniella gibbifrons inhabit the shallow water near the shore of intertidal reef flats.

Distribution

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