Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Muzzled blenny
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Omobranchus punctatus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae
Etymology: Omobranchus: Greek, omo = shoulder + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Etymology: Omobranchus: Greek, omo = shoulder + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical; 35°N - 37°S, 20°E - 178°W
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Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Fiji and north to Japan; and from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and Suez Canal on the African coast. Introduced in Trinidad and Panama Canal near Atlantic end.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4404); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 11441)
Max length : 9.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4404); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 11441)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 24; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 20 - 26. Head without cirri and crest. Lower end of gill opening opposite upper margin of pectoral fin. Sensory pores in infraorbital and interorbital canals mostly 8 and 3 respectively. Lateral line usually 7 to 11. Horizontal stripes on body distinct in male, but somewhat obscure in female.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Adults occur in coastal and brackish waters among rocks and mangroves (Ref. 9710). 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). Highly tolerant to adverse environmental conditions, self-reproducing population living between rocks in natural oil seeps in Venezuela (Ref. 56126).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Main reference
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Springer, V.G., 1986. Blenniidae. p. 742-755. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4404)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 March 2009
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00741 (0.00409 - 0.01345), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.5 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=4). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |