Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954)

Palespotted Combtooth Blenny

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:054f2dca-2bbb-4d45-ac07-1e5541376f57

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Ecsenius yaeyamaensis
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: J.E. Randall
    Rights: J.E. Randall

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Sri Lanka to Yaeyama Islands and Shark Bay to Australia
Depth: (0–11 m)
Frequency: 4.283
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Abundance: 7.565
Range: 683.427
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Common_Name: Palespotted Combtooth Blenny;Coral blenny
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Diet: Algae
Max_size: 60 mm

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Ecsenius yaeyamaensis

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Salarias yaeyamaensis Aoyagi, 1954
Published in: Aoyagi, H. 1954. Description of one new genus and three new species of Blenniidae from the Riu-Kiu Islands. Zool. Mag. Tokyo Vol. 63 (5) pp. 213-217

Common Names

Common name Source
Pale-spotted Combtooth-blenny
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Palespotted Combtooth Blenny
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Coral Blenny
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Pale-spotted Comb-tooth
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Yaeyama Blenny
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Yaeyama Clown 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 yaeyamaensis  Recorded in Australia

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