Photos about combtooth blennies (Blennidae); including larvae and juveniles: Rippled rockskipper (I. edentulus) in mangrove habitat. Fiji.Bluestriped fangblennies (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) mimic cleaner wrasses to enable them to loiter at cleaning stations and dupe clients waiting to be cleaned. The fangblenny does no cleaning, but bites the host fish and leaves. Its opioid-containing venom helps it escape, as it gives a pain-free bite which also dulls the host's reactions.Sarcastic fringeheads (Neoclinus blachardi) can often be found in old, abandoned turban shells with just their heads sticking out.Leopard blenny larva (about 1") on a blackwater dive in the open ocean.Leopard blenny (Exallias brevis) (about 3/4"") on a blackwater dive off Oahu.Larval blenny (about 1") on a blackwater dive off Oahu.Blenny larva - 13.1 mm TL. Papua New Guinea.Larval blenny (Blennidae) on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.Variable fangblenny (Petroscrites variabilis) on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.Blenny larva on a blackwater dive in the Solomon Islands.Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotemus rhinorrhynchos) larva on a blackwater dive in the Solomon Islands. Body length is about 2", which is much larger than most blennies at settlement.Larval blenny (Blennidae) on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.Larval blenny (Blennidae) on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.Larval blenny (Blennidae) settling on a rope on a bonfire dive in the Solomon Islands.Bicolor combtooth blenny (Ecsenius bicolor) - the most common combtooth blenny on the wrecks in Truk Lagoon. E. bicolor larva (left) and juvenile (right).A curious bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) peeks out of its den. Indonesia.
