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Scooter Blenny

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Petroscirtes temmincki
 
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Common Name:
 
Scooter Blenny 
 
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Scientific Name:
 
Petroscirtes temmincki
 
 
Primary Grouping
or Family Name:
 
Blenniidae
 
 
Common Group Name:
 
Blenny
 
 
Geographic Distribution:
 
Indo-Pacific
 
 
pH Range:
 
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Temperature Range:
 
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GH Range:
 
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KH Range:
 
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Salinity:
 
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Wild Maximum Size:
 
4 inches
 
 
Aquarium Maximum Size:
 
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Diet:
 
Omnivore (Plant & Meat)
 
 
Breeding Type:
 
Not Provided
 
 
Tank Behaviour:
 
Can be kept in small groups of simila species. Bottom grazer. Will eat anything possible to be eaten out of the substrate. Known to wipe out live sand of all living things. Acceptable for Invert tanks  
 
 
Description:
 
Typical blenny shape with eyes high on head. Does not have typical cirri (thin growth above the eyes. Looks almost like eyelashes but they are joined together at a single point) 
 
Contributed by:
 
lbritish
 
3/23/2002 1:11:11 PM 
 

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