DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

BLENNIIDAE (BLENNIES)

These small, scaleless fishes are classified into two subfamilies, the combtooth blennies (Salariinae) which are feeble-toothed algae grazers, and the saber-toothed blennies (Blenniinae) which are carnivorous and bear a pair of long, sharp fangs in the lower jaw.  Thirty of the 37 species of blennies known from Guam are combtoothed blennies, most of which are well-camouflaged inhabitants of intertidal rocky shorelines, reef flats, and shallow seaward reefs.  Some, like Alticus saliens, may be found in moist, shaded pockets several feet above the water line; they often jump into the water when disturbed.  Blennies lay demersal eggs which in some species are cared for by the male.

Aspidontus taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard)
Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Günther)
Salarias fasciatus (Bloch)