Hypsoblennius hentz


The feather blenny is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species grows to a length of total length.
The feather blenny can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. They range from Nova Scotia, Canada to Texas along the North American shore. Often, feather blenny can be found in oyster reefs and rocky shores. The identity of the person honoured in this species' specific name is uncertain but it is thought that to have been the French American arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz who is the "Mr Hentz" from Charleston, North Carolina who sent the type to Lesueur.