Scartichthys gigas

Scartichthys gigas, the giant blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean, from Panama to northern Chile. Members of this species feed primarily off of plants (including benthic algae and weeds), crustaceans, and small mollusks and they themselves are seldom caught for human consumption, as their meat is tasteless. It is said that they can be made into a mildly narcotic soup, therefore their Spanish name borrachilla (drunk). This species reaches a length of 22.2 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.^[2]

Scartichthys gigas
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Scartichthys
Species:	S. gigas
Binomial name
Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
Salarias gigas Steindachner, 1876 Salarias eques (Steindachner, 1898) Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938 Scartichthys xiphiodon Clark, 1938 Ophioblennius mazorkae (Hildebrand, 1946)