| Specimen ID | 154265 |
| Group | Marine Fishes |
| Genus | Omobranchus |
| Species | ferox |
| Common Name | fang-toothed blenny |
| State | HI |
| County | Honolulu |
| Locality | Oahu |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Oahu |
| HUC8 Number | 20060000 |
| HUC10 Number | 2006000004 |
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| Collection Year | 1998 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13100 |
| Author: | Staples, G.W., and R.H. Cowie. |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Title: | Hawaii's Invasive Species. |
| Publisher: | Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI. |
| Pages: | 116 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 18725 |
| Author: | Englund, Ronald A. |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Title: | The loss of native biodiversity and continuing nonindigneous species introductions in freshwater, estuarine, and wetland communities of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. |
| Journal: | Estuaries |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 418-430 |
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| Comments | lowest portions of streams and estuaries |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | Nation |
| Freshwater/Marine | Brackish |
| Specimen Impact | occupies habitat of several native goby species and may prey on them; aggressive (readily bites people with its long teeth); highly invasive, between 1998 and 2000 it spread 15 miles (24 km) along the O'ahu coast |
