Carpet Eel Blenny

Carpet eel blennies lay their eggs in small clumps.

Carpet eel blenny.

Although large the carpet eel blenny is not eaten by people. It is a pseudochromid dottyback. However it is a pseudochromid dottyback. It usually hunts alone.

The carpet eel blenny is not really an eel or a blenny. It requires a 50 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of hiding places. The aquarium should have a tight fitting lid to prevent escape. It is however harvested from the wild for the live aquarium trade and sold as wolf eels.

The fish is sexually dimorphic the female is pinkish brown while the male is green. Its body is a brownish color with highlights of green. Wolf eel congrogadus subducens is also known as carpet eel blenny eared eel blenny green wolf eel. In fact it s a dottyback.

The carpet eel blenny preys on small fish crabs and shrimps. A carpet eel blenny congrogadus subducens is also called a wolf eel but it is neither an eel nor a blenny. Its common names include eared eel blenny and green wolf eel. Its body is a brownish color with highlights of green.

On reefs and seagrass areas benthic solitary carnivorous. It has a long body that s shaped like an eel s and is capable of changing its colour. Carpet eel blenny congrogadus subducens richardson pseudochromidae elongate eel like body large lips tail fin joined to rear ends of dorsal and anal fins head and body olive green with pale mottles.