Scartichthys gigas

Scartichthys gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
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);

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 caught for human consumption, being made into the mildly narcotic soup barrocho. This species reaches a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Scartichthys gigas" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Scartichthys gigas" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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