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title: "Jewelled Blenny"
description: "Salarias fasciatus — Pesci. Salarias fasciatus, commonly known as the jewelled blenny or lawnmower blenny is a benthic, neritic, marine fish species endemic to Australasia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/jewelled-blenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jewelled Blenny

> Salarias fasciatus — Pesci. Salarias fasciatus, commonly known as the jewelled blenny or lawnmower blenny is a benthic, neritic, marine fish species endemic to Australasia.

- Scientific name: *Salarias fasciatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 1575
- Wikidata: [Q2331237](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2331237)
- iNaturalist taxon: [446462](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/446462)

## Names

- en: Jewelled Blenny
- de: Juwelen-Felshüpfer
- fr: Blennie rayée
- pt: Blênio-marmoreado

## Countries with the most observations

NC (350), AU (192), ID (149), PH (145), FJ (100), TH (90), GU (55), MY (41), JP (40), MP (20), MV (20), TW (15)

## Summary

Salarias fasciatus, commonly known as the jewelled blenny or lawnmower blenny is a benthic, neritic, marine fish species endemic to Australasia. Despite being known as the lawnmower blenny, due to its propensity to consume algae growth in aquaria, it is principally a detritivore, with plant material making up only about 15% of its diet. The lawnmower blenny camoflauges itself with its surroundings, even changing color to hide from predators.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salarias_fasciatus

## Photo

![Jewelled Blenny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jewelled-blenny/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240106370

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jewelled-blenny?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).