Chalaroderma ocellata, the two-eyed blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the southeast Atlantic ocean where it is known only from Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth in South Africa. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Two-eyed 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
- Clinus venustris
- Chalaroderma capito
- Parablennius tasmanianus
- Chirolophis nugator
- Hypsoblennius brevipinnis
- Neoclinus stephensae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Chalaroderma
- Species
- Chalaroderma ocellata
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