Scartichthys gigas

Scartichthys gigas, the giant blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Panama to northern Chile. Members of this species feed primarily off of plants (including benthic algae and weeds), crustaceans, and small mollusks and they themselves are seldom caught for human consumption, as their meat is tasteless. It is said that they can be made into a mildly narcotic soup, therefore their Spanish name borrachilla (drunk). This species reaches a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2]

Scartichthys gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Scartichthys
Species:
S. gigas
Binomial name
Scartichthys gigas
(Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876
  • Salarias eques (Steindachner, 1898)
  • Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938
  • Scartichthys xiphiodon Clark, 1938
  • Ophioblennius mazorkae (Hildebrand, 1946)

References
  1. Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Espinosa, H.; Hastings, P. (2010). "Scartichthys gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183275A8084978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183275A8084978.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Scartichthys gigas" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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