Id This Blenny Please?

[sophos9]

Hi, can someone ID my new blenny please, the LFS did tell me but in all the excitement I forgot....

 

[shibby]

seeing as when i first saw it i thought it was a slug i wont be much help , i did have a gander online at blennies though but im still cluelesss!

 

[N1z]

Think its a star eye blenny. Reef safe, but a relative of the algea blenny.

 

[sophos9]

Thanks mate! Are they rare, cannot find any info on the web about them... This one is a real character, like a cheeky child

 

[efish]

possibly an engineer goby Pholidichthys leucotaenia

 

[sophos9]

possibly an engineer goby Pholidichthys leucotaenia

Hi, thanks for the reply

Its def not one of the goby family, its a blenny for sure - the picture is not that good but I was lucky to get it!!

 

[sophos9]

Have since found out that is a Jewel Blenny...

 

[jeffery]

here in the states they call them starry blennys

but i thought this would be a good spot to post all the names of the blenys
Allen's Combtooth Blenny
Australian Combtooth Blenny
Banded Blenny
Barchin Blenny
Barred Blenny
Bicolor Combtooth Blenny
Bicolor Fangblenny
Biliton Rockskipper
Birthmark Fangblenny
Black Blenny
Blackass Combtooth Blenny
Blackspotted Rockskipper
Blackstriped Combtooth Blenny
Bluedash Rockskipper
Bluestreaked Rockskipper
Bluestriped Fangblenny
Breastspot Blenny
Brown Sabretooth Blenny
Chestnut Blenny
Chevron Blenny
Crested Blenny
Crested Sabretooth Blenny
Delicate Blenny
Dusky Blenny
Dussumier's Rockskipper
Eyelash Fangblenny
False Cleanerfish
False Tasmanian Blenny
Filamentous Blenny
Fourline Combtooth Blenny
Fringelip Blenny
Germain's Blenny
Gossamer Blenny
Hairtail Blenny
Hepburn's Blenny
Horned Blenny
Hutchins' Blenny
Hyena Blenny
Kimberley Blenny
Krauss' Blenny
Lady Musgrave Blenny
Lance Blenny
Leopard Blenny
Lined Combtooth Blenny
Lined Fangblenny
Lined Rockskipper
Linespot Fangblenny
Manyspot Blenny
Matsubara's Blenny
Midas Combtooth Blenny
Mimic Blenny
Muzzled Blenny
Namiye's Combtooth Blenny
Ocular Combtooth Blenny
Omox Blenny
Oyster Blenny
Palespotted Combtooth Blenny
Peacock Rockskipper
Piano Fangblenny
Queensland Combtooth Blenny
Redspotted Rockskipper
Redstreaked Blenny
Reticulate Fangblenny
Rippled Rockskipper
Roberts' Blenny
Rotund Blenny
Roundhead Blenny
Schooling Fangblenny
Schroeder's Combtooth Blenny
Seram Blenny
Seychelles Blenny
Shorthead Sabretooth Blenny
Smallspotted Combtooth Blenny
Smooth Sabretooth Blenny
Spalding's Blenny
Starry Blenny
Talbot's Blenny
Tasmanian Blenny
Throatspot Blenny
Tiger Combtooth Blenny
Triplespot Blenny
Twilight Fangblenny
Twinspot Rockskipper
Variable Sabretooth Blenny
Vertical Blenny
Wavyline Rockskipper
Whitedotted Blenny
Whitespotted Blenny
Whitespotted Combtooth Blenny
Yellow Fangblenny
Yellow Sabretooth Blenny
Zebra Blenny

 

[N1z]

Ah was kinda close, well glad to help. Get one he is cool!

 

[sophos9]

Cheers... His behaviour is really amusing, like he is on drugs almost

 

[Matty P]

WOW there are loads of blennies