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Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836) (Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836))
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Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836)

Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836)

Chalaroderma capito, the looseskin blenny, is a South Atlantic combtooth blenny that reaches up to 20 cm SL.

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Family
Genus
Chalaroderma
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Chalaroderma capito (Valenciennes, 1836)

Taxonomy and Common Name

Chalaroderma capito, commonly known as the looseskin blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny.

Distribution and Range

It inhabits the South Atlantic Ocean, and its distribution along the South African coast ranges from Saldanha Bay to East London.

Size

This species can grow to a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 inches) when measured along its standard length (SL).

Photo: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Blenniidae Chalaroderma

More from Blenniidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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