#blenny fish

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Daily fish fact #460

Sailfin blenny!

This species displays a remarkable example of sexual dimorphism, the males are dark in colour and sport a large, flashy dorsal fin meanwhile the females are lighter and their dorsal fin is significantly smaller! They're often kept in saltwater aquariums.

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Daily fish fact #708

Giant kelpfish!

Its elongated body shape and ability to change its colour aid it in blending in among kelp. Juvenile kelpfish often like to school with each other, and as larvae they can even school with mysid shrimp!

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Meet Haptoclinus dropi, a new blenny fish species 

"Scientists with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered at least one new fish species at a deep reef off Curacao while conducting a yearlong project to gather data on temperature and biodiversity for monitoring climate change effects in the Caribbean."

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Larval Blenny Fish

Photograph by David Liittschwager, National Geographic

It’s a fish-eat-fish world in the waters of the world’s oceans, and larvae may be the most vulnerable creatures of all. Larvae—the early form of some animals—are small, slow, and largely defenseless compared with their adult relatives. For many species, including this blenny, invisibility is the best bet for survival.