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Updated 8/18/2023
Family
Blenniidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Exallias brevis
Male, Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet
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Spawning, Kona Coast, Hawaii
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Female depositing yellow eggs
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Guarding eggs, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 40 feet
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Female, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet |
Female, Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet
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Male, YO-257 Wreck, Oahu, 75 feet |
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Male & eggs, YO-257 Wreck, Oahu, 75 feet |
Bite
marks on Porites coral |
Juvenile, Kahe Point, Oahu, 30 feet
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Juvenile, Pupukea Firehouse, 20 feet
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Female, Kahe Point, Oahu, 12 feet
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Male,
Electric Beach, Oahu, 15 feet |
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SHORTBODIED BLENNY
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Fairly common among live
coral at scuba depths. Feeds upon live coral tissue. Males,
which have red bodies, guard a patch of yellow eggs deposited on
recently grazed section of coral. Attains 6 inches. Red Sea
to Japan, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia. |
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