Banded Blenny, Salarias fasciatus (Bloch 1786)
Other Names: Banded Jewelled-Blenny, Barred Blenny, Jewelled Blenny, Lawnmower Blenny, Lineated Blenny, Lined Blenny, Painted Blenny
A Banded Blenny, Salarias fasciatus, in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, August 2015. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A large greenish to brown blenny with a complex pattern of mottled greyish and black spots and patches over the body.
Video of a Banded Blenny (aka Lawnmower Blenny) in an aquarium.
Video of a Banded Blenny (aka Lawnmower Blenny) in an aquarium.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Salarias fasciatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4759
Banded Blenny, Salarias fasciatus (Bloch 1786)
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Distribution |
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Cartier Island, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to South West Rocks, New South Wales; also the Lord Howe Island Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits coral platforms, usually resting or feeding amongst dead branching corals. |
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Feeding |
Detritivore - feeds by combing organic matter from turf algae on top of reef bommies. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Banded Blenny, Salarias fasciatus (Bloch 1786)
References
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Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. (described as Salarias quadripennis)
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Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Williams, J.T. 2014. Salarias fasciatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342111A48387671. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342111A48387671.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2019.
Wilson, S.K. 2000. Trophic status and feeding selectivity of blennies (Blenniidae: Salariini). Marine Biology 136: 431-437.
Wilson, S.K. 2001. Multiscale habitat associations of detrivorous blennies (Blenniidae: Salariini). Coral Reefs 20: 245-251.
