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Scartella cristata (Molly miller)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The molly miller (Scartella cristata) is a species of fish of the Blenniidae family (combtooth blennies) in the order Perciformes. It can be found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and northwest Pacific Oceans. Its color is a mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins. The head of this fish is covered with short hair-like appendages and has two very large eyes. This species reaches 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayos Cochinos Archipelago National Park Natural Marine Monument   Honduras  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aethaloperca rogaa (Rockcod)1
Anisotremus surinamensis (Thicklip grunt)1
Diodon hystrix (Ajargo)1
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Molly miller)1

Predators

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Diet and trophic plasticity of an herbivorous blenny Scartella cristata of subtropical rocky shores, T. C. Mendes, R. C. Villaça and C. E. L. Ferreira, Journal of Fish Biology (2009) 75, 1816–1830
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0