Dialommus fuscus
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Dialommus fuscus, known commonly as the Galápagos four-eyed blenny in Galapagos Islands
and the United Kingdom
, is a species of labrisomid
blenny. It is a tropical blenny known from around the Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean
. It was described by C.H. Gilbert in 1891. Blennies in this species feed off of insect
s, worms, and benthic crustaceans.
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, is a species of labrisomid
Labrisomid
Labrisomids are small blennioids, perciform marine fish belonging to the family Labrisomidae. Found mostly in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, the family contains approximately 98 species in 14 genera....
blenny. It is a tropical blenny known from around the Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. It was described by C.H. Gilbert in 1891. Blennies in this species feed off of insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s, worms, and benthic crustaceans.