Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae Combtooth blennies
Subfamily: Salariinae
Genus: Scartella

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Scartella caboverdiana Bath, 1990
Photo by Wirtz, P.
 
Scartella caboverdiana
Photo by Cox, C.D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Scartella cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Photo by Cox, C.D.
 
Scartella cristata
[Molly miller]
Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Scartella emarginata (Günther, 1861)
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Scartella emarginata
[Maned blenny]
Photo by Bertran Feitoza

Atlantic Ocean, Western S
Max. Length 4.7 cm SL
Scartella itajobi Rangel & Mendes, 2009
Photo by Bertran Feitoza
 
Scartella itajobi
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
 
Scartella nuchifilis
[Mottled blenny]
Photo by Gasparini, J.L.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
Scartella poiti Rangel, Gasparini & Guimarães, 2004
Photo by Gasparini, J.L.
 
Scartella poiti
Photo by Brown,J./EMD, St Helena Government

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 8.2 cm SL
Scartella springeri (Bauchot, 1967)
Photo by Brown,J./EMD, St Helena Government
 
Scartella springeri


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Scartella caboverdiana Eastern Central Atlantic 6 TL 1990
Scartella cristata Molly miller Western Atlantic 12 TL 1758
Scartella emarginata Maned blenny Indian Ocean 10 SL 1861
Scartella itajobi Atlantic Ocean, Western S 4.7 SL 2009
Scartella nuchifilis Mottled blenny Eastern Atlantic 6.7 SL 1836
Scartella poiti Southwest Atlantic 8.5 SL 2004
Scartella springeri Eastern Atlantic 8.2 SL 1967



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