Identification of lawnmower blenny

I am thinking about adding lawnmower blenny to my tank.
I heard about great personality of this fish and great
hair algae appetite people admire it for...

One thing I am affraid to is miss-id this fish in LFS.
Are they any characteristic details I can look at to
not make a mistake buying a different fish?
I have seen eyelash blenny on www.reeftopia.com and
the picture is so similar I bet would never recognise
which is which if I saw them both in one tank in LFS...

Anyway - should I be worrying at all? Maybe all these
fish have same great appetite for hair algae and the
exact species is not very important? Will eyelash work
as a "mower" on my live rock "lawn" as well??

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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One thing I am affraid to is miss-id this fish in LFS.
Are they any characteristic details I can look at to
not make a mistake buying a different fish?
I have seen eyelash blenny on www.reeftopia.com and
the picture is so similar I bet would never recognise
which is which if I saw them both in one tank in LFS...



In my part of the country an eyelash blenny *is* an algae blenny *is* a rock
blenny *is* a lawnmower blenny.

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Toni
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"Toni" wrote in message ...
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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One thing I am affraid to is miss-id this fish in LFS.
Are they any characteristic details I can look at to
not make a mistake buying a different fish?
I have seen eyelash blenny on www.reeftopia.com and
the picture is so similar I bet would never recognise
which is which if I saw them both in one tank in LFS...

In my part of the country an eyelash blenny *is* an algae
blenny *is* a rock blenny *is* a lawnmower blenny.

Wow... that is new... Thanks! :-)

Be careful of Dragonets that are called blennies... I have seen that one too
often.. And totally different diets..

CW
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I am thinking about adding lawnmower blenny to my tank.
I heard about great personality of this fish and great
hair algae appetite people admire it for...

One thing I am affraid to is miss-id this fish in LFS.
Are they any characteristic details I can look at to
not make a mistake buying a different fish?
I have seen eyelash blenny on www.reeftopia.com and
the picture is so similar I bet would never recognise
which is which if I saw them both in one tank in LFS...

Anyway - should I be worrying at all? Maybe all these
fish have same great appetite for hair algae and the
exact species is not very important? Will eyelash work
as a "mower" on my live rock "lawn" as well??

"CheezWiz" wrote in message ...
Be careful of Dragonets that are called blennies... I have
seen that one too often.. And totally different diets..

How to tell the difference?

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"CheezWiz" wrote in message
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Be careful of Dragonets that are called blennies... I have
seen that one too often.. And totally different diets..

How to tell the difference?




The mouths on the "scooter blennies" are like the mouths on Mandarin
Dragonets- rounder, smaller, and more suited to picking pods than combing
algae. The algae eating blennies have a much wider, open mouth with the
characteristic fangy looking things at the corners.

Anyone have a good photo comparison site?


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Toni
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"Toni" wrote in message
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Anyone have a good photo comparison site?




Best I could find in my time frame was

Lawnmower Blenny
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/photop...nmower-med.JPG

Scooter Blenny
http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyc...nnyWMGo_U8.jpg


A bit more comprehensive search would turn up better face photos I'm sure.


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Toni

The Scotter Blenny is a Dragonet (Synchiropus ocellatus) family Callionymidae


The Lawnmower Blenny is a ( Salarias fasciatus) family Bleniidae

Both of the links you gave are a Lawnmower Blenny. The second image just has its mouth
pulled in

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: Lawnmower Blenny
: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/photop...nmower-med.JPG
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: Scooter Blenny
: http://www.exotictropicals.com/encyc...nnyWMGo_U8.jpg
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: http://www.cearbhaill.com/reef.htm
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http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...d=21&pCatId=94



"Pszemol" wrote in message
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I am thinking about adding lawnmower blenny to my tank.
I heard about great personality of this fish and great
hair algae appetite people admire it for...

One thing I am affraid to is miss-id this fish in LFS.
Are they any characteristic details I can look at to
not make a mistake buying a different fish?
I have seen eyelash blenny on www.reeftopia.com and
the picture is so similar I bet would never recognise
which is which if I saw them both in one tank in LFS...

Anyway - should I be worrying at all? Maybe all these
fish have same great appetite for hair algae and the
exact species is not very important? Will eyelash work
as a "mower" on my live rock "lawn" as well??