The seaweed blenny (Parablennius marmoreus) is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of New York, Bermuda, the Bahamas, also in the Gulf of Mexico, south to southern Brazil. This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Seaweed 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 salensis
- Parablennius postoculomaculatus
- Parablennius pilicornis
- Parablennius intermedius
- Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis
- Parablennius tentacularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Parablennius
- Species
- Parablennius marmoreus
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