Scientific Name	Blenniella periophthalmus   Pronounce			by: Ho-Tien Hong
Author	(Valenciennes, 1836)	Depth	0 - 3M
Chinese	圍眼真蛙鳚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F447　Blenniidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	圍眼真動齒鳚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	狗鰷
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vanikoro I., Santa Cruz Is.
Synonyms	Alticops periophthalmus, Istiblennius biseriatus, Istiblennius paulus, Istiblennius periophthalmus, Istiblennius periophthalmus biseriatus, Salarias biseriatus, Salarias muscarus, Salarias percophthalmus, Salarias periophthalmus, Salarias schultzei
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Springer, V.G. and J.T. Williams, 1994. The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus Istiblennius reappraised: a revision of Istiblennius, Blenniella, and Paralticus, new genus.. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 565:193 p  Cuvier, G. etc. 1836 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Springer, V. G. etc. 1994
Specimen List	ASIZP0054790. ASIZP0055066. ASIZP0055177. ASIZP0056833. ASIZP0080217. NMMBP00768. NMMBP01053. NMMBP02325. NMMBP05415. NMMSTP00067. NMNSF00226. NTUM05924. NTUM05925. NTUM05926. NTUM05928. NTUM06022. USNM00303677.
Barcode	2011-08-16,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Peppered blenny; Blue-dashed rockskipper; Bullethead rockskippper; False mudskipper
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with XIII spines and 19-21 soft rays; anal fin with II spines and 20-22 soft rays. Three color-pattern types described for different localities. Body of males with 6-7 dusky bands with 1 or a pair of dark margined, pale, oblong spots on each band; dark spots on spinous dorsal, dusky lines on rayed dorsal. Females with spots on caudal peduncle; body sometimes with fine dark specks.
habitats	Inhabit exposed outer intertidal reef flats, where it can hide in cracks and holes. Commonly observed clinging to rocks as the water recedes below them during the low cycle of the swell and this species is often confused with mudskipper gobies.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa, east to the Marquesas and Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands; throughout Micronesia.
Utility	No commercial value.