Spiny Eel Blenny
Congrogadus spinifer
- Group: Eel
- Max size: 13 cm
- For divers: safe
Shaped more like an eel than a blenny, this fish threads through coarse sand bottoms tangled with weed and sponge. It has been trawled from shallow gulf waters down to around sixty metres in deeper seas.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Ovalentaria incertae sedis › Pseudochromidae › Congrogadus
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 280378.
FAQ
- Is the Spiny Eel Blenny dangerous to divers?
- The Spiny Eel Blenny is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Spiny Eel Blenny get?
- The Spiny Eel Blenny grows to about 13 cm.