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fish ID please

#1 Post by ecoastbass »

I've been addicted to LRF recently. While checking pictures from my last trip I spotted differences in one species. Though it was shanny, but I'm confused now. The skull is in a different shape. Might be a shanny male/female ? Can help anyone?
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goby ???
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This is a Shanny aka Smooth Blenny aka Common Blenny aka Sea-frog (Lipophrys pholis).
It is the most common blenny in shallow water and rockpools around the British Islands. The best way to identify them is by the distinctively white upper lip. It usually has a large dark 'eardrum' patch as well. These little guys can bite as well, leaving a little serrated bitemark in the shape of a ring.
http://www.uk-fish.info/pages/shanny.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puffinbyte ... pb:id=011P
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The Austrian wrote:This is a Shanny aka Smooth Blenny aka Common Blenny aka Sea-frog (Lipophrys pholis).
It is the most common blenny in shallow water and rockpools around the British Islands. The best way to identify them is by the distinctively white upper lip. It usually has a large dark 'eardrum' patch as well. These little guys can bite as well, leaving a little serrated bitemark in the shape of a ring.
http://www.uk-fish.info/pages/shanny.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puffinbyte ... pb:id=011P
cheers Austrian- some of the fish from the 2nd link looked very similar to mine- now I can be sure its all shannies
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