Gal?pagos four-eyed blenny (Dialommus fuscus)

Scientific name: Dialommus fuscus Gilbert, 1891

Gal?pagos four-eyed blenny (Dialommus fuscus)

The Gal?pagos four-eyed blenny (Dialommus fuscus) is a marine fish of the family Labrisomidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Galapagos Islands.

Biology

Intertidal, actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air. Treks on land as far as 30 m from the sea which it can remarkably carry on due to its physical adaptive modifications like, laterally flattened corneas to avoid myopia and thickening and filament enlargement of the gills for respiration out of water. Feeds on insects and shore crabs.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Dialommus fuscus
Family
Labrisomidae (Labrisomids)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Vulnerable (VU) (D2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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