Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888)

Bicolor Combtooth Blenny

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:99c29e7c-5b04-4e57-8e6b-82aa442a801a

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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  • representative image of taxa
    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
    Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

Three colour forms are known. The fish in the image is the two-coloured form, which is bright orange posteriorly. The second form is dark brown all over, and the third form has a more complex pattern with a black and a white stripe along the body. All three forms have a curved pinkish marking behind the eye.... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

The Bicolor Blenny occurs in three colour forms. One form is black at the front and yellow or orange at the back (the bicolor phase). The second form is dark brown all over. The third form is black above with broad white band along the side. All three forms have a curved pink marking behind the eye. source: OZ Animals

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Common_Name: Bicolor blenny;Bicolor Combtooth Blenny; bicolor blenny
Frequency: 1.582
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Maldives to the Phoenix Islands and Ryukyu Islands to Australia
Depth: (0–15 m)
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Abundance: 1.647
Diet: Algae
Range: 778.883
Max_size: 110 mm
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Ecsenius bicolor

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Salarias bicolor Day, 1888
Published in: Day, F. 1888. Supplement to the Fishes of India London : Williams & Norgate pp. 779-816 pp., 7 figs

Common Names

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Bicolor Blenny
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Bicolor Combtooth Blenny
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Bicolour Blenny
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Two-colored Blenny
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Two-colour Comb-tooth
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Two-colour Combtooth Blenny
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Two-coloured Blenny
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Two-tone Combtooth-blenny
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
BLENNIOIDEI
family
BLENNIIDAE
genus
Ecsenius
species
Ecsenius bicolor  Recorded in Australia

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