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title: "Zebra Blenny"
description: "Istiblennius zebra — Peixes. Istiblennius zebra, commonly known as the zebra blenny or Pāoʻo, is a species of combtooth blenny found in tide pools around the Hawaiian Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/zebra-blenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zebra Blenny

> Istiblennius zebra — Peixes. Istiblennius zebra, commonly known as the zebra blenny or Pāoʻo, is a species of combtooth blenny found in tide pools around the Hawaiian Islands.

- Scientific name: *Istiblennius zebra*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1873
- Wikidata: [Q645828](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q645828)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121802](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121802)

## Names

- en: Zebra Blenny
- es: Blenio Cebra

## Countries with the most observations

US (1667)

## Summary

Istiblennius zebra, commonly known as the zebra blenny or Pāoʻo, is a species of combtooth blenny found in tide pools around the Hawaiian Islands. It is also referred to as the zebra rockskipper, rockskipper, jumping jack or the gori.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/291265995

## Machine access

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