Black Comb Tooth

Indonesian adults bluish black with pale bluish grey tail. Blue scribbles and spots show intermittently when displaying (Ref. 48636).

Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

Various coral reef habitats from estuaries to outer reef lagoons to about 20 m depth, but usually more common on shallow reef flat at the 6 m mark (Ref. 9710, 48636).

Found in various coral reef habitats from estuaries to outer reef lagoons to about 20 m depth, but usually more common on shallow reef flat at the 6 m mark (Ref. 9710, 48636). Cryptic usually on corals and sponges of isolated outcrops (Ref. 90102). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

aquarium: commercial

分布於西太平洋區，由台灣至所羅門群島。台灣分布於北部、東北部及蘭嶼等海域。

小型魚類，色彩豔麗，是受歡迎的水族用魚。

體延長，稍側扁，似圓柱狀；頭鈍短。前鼻孔具1鼻鬚，無眼上鬚及頸鬚。齒骨前後方各具一犬齒。側線具垂直成對的側線孔。D. XI-XII, 18-20；A. II, 20-23；P. 13； V. I, 3-4。背鰭無缺刻，背鰭、臀鰭最後軟條與尾柄以鰭膜相連；尾鰭鰭條均不分支。頭部、體側、背鰭和臀鰭為黑褐色至黑色；尾柄及尾鰭為淺灰色，活魚時為橙黃色；體側中央上有小白點；眼眶後緣至上頜有淡色斜帶。

多樣化的棲息地，由河口域至深度約在３-２５公尺的珊瑚礁或岩礁區皆可見其蹤影，一般較常見其於淺水域之礁區上。日行性，白天於岩礁或珊瑚礁上的縫隙或小洞穴間到處活動覓食，以梳子狀的牙齒刮取死珊瑚及礁石表面的藻類為食物；平常停棲在岩礁表面上，以一游一停的方式生活，生性膽小，不易與人親近。

Ecsenius namiyei, commonly called black comb-tooth blenny or Namiye's coralblenny, is a species of marine fish in the family Blenniidae. The specific name honours the Japanese zoologist and museum curator Motoyoshi Namiye (1854-1915).

The black comb-tooth is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Solomon Islands.

It grows to a size of 11 cm in length.

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.