Found at Marineland beach Fl

[dado150]

Lawn mower Blenny?

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Thats exactly what it looks like. Lawn mower blenny for the win.

 

[Marine Iguana]

Lawn mower blennys are from the indo-pacific. Looks more like a Molly miller blend to me, they're found in the Caribbean. They'll eat small aiptasia if you're lucky

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, I’m not sure what species it is (there are a ton of blenny species with those colors), but it doesn’t look right for a lawnmower blenny to me, and, as was mentioned, they’re not native to that area. Still a cool find regardless.

 

[CNDReef]

Look up pictures of Molly Miller’s, I bet that’s what it is

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Lawn mower blennys are from the indo-pacific. Looks more like a Molly miller blend to me, they're found in the Caribbean. They'll eat small aiptasia if you're lucky

Yes, I think it is a Molly miller, all the cirri on its head would point to that.
Jay

 

[i cant think]

Lawn mower Blenny?

At first glance I was thinking it was a goby but it’s too large to be a goby from around the Caribbean. Looks a lot like a Molly Miller though

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Lawn mower Blenny?

Either a seaweed blenny (Parablennius marmoreus) or a Molly Miller Blenny (Scartella cristata).

Looks a little more like a molly miller blenny, but would need to see how the "eye brows" actually look when raised up to tell for sure.

Molly millers have "eye brows" and "spiked hair" just behind them, so to speak. Seaweed blennies have larger "eye brows" and no spike hair.

 

[dado150]

At the moment large amounts of Sargassum is washing up on shore. The Blenny was squirming near small pool where my buddy was fishing. I'll try getting a better pic.
Thanks

 

[dado150]

Another thing, since the info I found says eat small crustaceans,, I have a 1 1/2 in dancing shrimp & several porcelain & pompom crabs. Will this be an issue?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Another thing, since the info I found says eat small crustaceans,, I have a 1 1/2 in dancing shrimp & several porcelain & pompom crabs. Will this be an issue?

I have a seaweed blenny in my 180 and I have no issues with it going after my sexy shrimp or 3 porcelain crabs. That doesn't mean it won't, as all fish are different.

I wonder if the info is referring to amphipods and such, as mine will eat one of them in a heartbeat.

 

[bnord]

depending on respective sizes you certainly run a risk - the crabs may be better suited for defense - am not familiar with dancing shrimp - but best of luck - I would take a cool blenny with a story behind it over a shrimp most any day - smirks

 

[dado150]

I have a seaweed blenny in my 180 and I have no issues with it going after my sexy shrimp or 3 porcelain crabs. That doesn't mean it won't, as all fish are different.

I wonder if the info is referring to amphipods and such, as mine will eat one of them in a heartbeat.

I do know they like pods so hopefully that's what they were meaning. The info was on Live Aquaria site & I haven't looked further yet.

 

[dado150]

depending on respective sizes you certainly run a risk - the crabs may be better suited for defense - am not familiar with dancing shrimp - but best of luck - I would take a cool blenny with a story behind it over a shrimp most any day - smirks

The dancing shrimp hides out in the Anemone so that should help...lol

 

[bnord]

The dancing shrimp hides out in the Anemone so that should help...lol

yup..