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 caught for human consumption, being made into the mildly narcotic soup borracho. This species reaches a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2]

Scartichthys gigas

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Scartichthys gigas" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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