Atlantic Oyster Blenny

Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Atlantic ocean, in the Americas it ranges from Cape Canaveral, Florida to Santa Catarina in Brazil and the eastern Atlantic it is found off Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Atlantic Oyster Blenny being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Parablennius intermedius
• Hypsoblennius brevipinnis
• Parablennius postoculomaculatus
• Parablennius marmoreus
• Hypsoblennius jenkinsi
• Parablennius ruber

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Blenniiformes

Family

Blenniidae

Genus

Hypleurochilus

Species

Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis

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