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Terrestrial fish

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"that the Pacific leaping blenny is considered a terrestrial fish, due to its ability to survive on land for several hours at a time?"

Ok, so if you can scuba dive for an hour, that makes you a marine mammal does it ? There is no such thing as a "terrestrial fish".Eregli bob (talk) 18:21, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is such a thing as a terrestrial fish, see Hsieh 2010. The blennies can survive out of water indefinitely, do not submerge voluntarily, breed, eat, and defend territory out of water. While they need spray from waves to keep moist and survive... they're terrestrial. It would be nice if this article was re-written with that (freely-available... for three years) information to clarify the biology of this species.