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Updated 12/15/2013
Family
Blenniidae
ASIAN PACIFIC / HAWAII
Omobranchus
obliquus
ROUNDHEAD or MANGROVE BLENNY
Restricted to seaweed and mangroves roots in the shallows
of Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu. Decorated with numerous white chevrons. Unintentionally
released into the bay during a Giant Clam experiment in 1951.
Attains 2.5 inches. Native range from the Andaman Sea east to
Guam, Samoa and the Line Islands. Erroneously recorded from
Hawai'i as Omobranchus elongatus.
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