Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6db3801c-8d34-48eb-99e3-23e84756ca6c

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Aspidontus dussumieri
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

The Lance Blenny is white with a dark stripe from the eye to the

. It has an

body with a long-based

. The mouth is positioned ventrally below the rounded snout. There is a large fang on either side of the lower jaw. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Aspidontus dussumieri	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Blennechis dussumieri Valenciennes, 1836	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 11 pp. 506 pp. pls 307-343

Common Names

Common name	Source
Lance Blenny Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Dussumier's Blenny Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Floating Blenny Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Slender Sabretooth Blenny Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836)

Lance Blenny