molly miller

Scartella cristata

Mottled tan white and black

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Europe
North America
South America
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Scartella cristata, also known by the vernacular names molly miller or molly miller blenny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies. This species is found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and northwest Pacific Oceans. Its colour is a mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Scartella
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania and the Canary Islands to about South Africa. Also known in the southern parts of Mediterranean, including the following most southern localities of the northern coast: Torremolinos and Taramay near Motril (Spain), Sicily, Kyra Island (Gulf of Aigina) and near Palaea Epidavros, Peloponnes (Greece) (Ref. 5298 ). Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559 , 9137 , 35771 ) and Taiwan.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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