Cyclops Blenny
A small aquatic omnivore that evolved from G. lastimosa that moved to the shallow waters near the shoreline in the hopes of finding food and breeding grounds, often being found in rock pools and tide pools in zone 28, they have long slim bodies adapted for wriggling through tight spaces or through sediment and sand. They lay a small amount of well-developed eggs that hatch relatively quickly. They consume anything that can fit in their mouths.
Gendia gobinsus are very small fish, getting to only around 2-3.5 centimetres in size, this small size makes them vulnerable, but the extremely shallow waters and small tide/rock pools they inhabit protects them from most aquatic predators. They generally rely on speed to get away from threats, but if their pursuer can keep up with them, they will dive into the sand as a last-ditch effort to escape. G. gobinsus are opportunistic feeders, mostly eating things that can fit in their mouths. G. gobinsus living in tidepools often hang around S. tidalus, stealing large food bits that get stuck in its branches and tentacles, but on rare occasions lazy G. gobinsus will get stuck in the tentacles and branches, and this results in the unfortunate G. gobinsus getting consumed by the S. tidalus.
G. gobinsus will sometimes venture out to more open parts of zone 28 to find breeding schools of G. lastimosa, their eye is well developed and enlarged to help them keep an eye on predators and the G. lastimosa, they will stay near the bottom to avoid being consumed by the G. lastimosa, and when spotted they will dart into the sand if able to.
Once the G. lastimosa start spawning G. gobinsus will form small groups consisting of around 1 - 3 males and 2 - 4 females, but are normally smaller in individual count, they eat eggs that fail to be hidden and take the opportunity to lay their own eggs (around 2 or 3 eggs) among the G. lastimosa eggs, the G. gobinsus eggs hatch before the lastimosa eggs, the newly hatched fry are half the size of the adults, and they wait for the lastimosa eggs to hatch, they do this so they can eat any straggling lastimosa hatchlings before heading to the shoreline. Generally, 8 eggs are laid per “raiding” group, with only half of them making it to the shoreline.
