Specimen Information

Omobranchus ferox
Omobranchus ferox
(fang-toothed blenny)
Marine Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID154265
GroupMarine Fishes
GenusOmobranchus
Speciesferox
Common Namefang-toothed blenny
StateHI
CountyHonolulu
LocalityOahu
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameOahu
HUC8 Number20060000
HUC10 Number2006000004
Map
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Collection Year1998
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
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
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
Commentslowest portions of streams and estuaries
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest RecordNation
Freshwater/MarineBrackish
Specimen Impactoccupies 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


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