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Scartichthys gigas (Giant blenny)

Synonyms: Ophioblennius mazorkae; Ophioblennius xiphiodon; Salarias eques; Salarias gigas; Scartichthys xiphiodon
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Wikipedia Abstract

Scartichthys gigas, the giant blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Panama to northern Chile. Members of this species feed primarily off of plants (including benthic algae and weeds), crustaceans, and small mollusks and they themselves are caught for human consumption, being made into the mildly narcotic soup barrocho. This species reaches a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.
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Predators

Octopus mimus[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Zoogonus rubellus[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Feeding dynamics of Octopus mimus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in northern Chile waters, T. Cortez, B.G. Castro, A. Guerra, Marine Biology (1995) 123: 497-503
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
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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