Ecsenius fourmanoiri

Ecsenius fourmanoiri, the blackstriped combtooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in the western Pacific ocean.[2] It can reach a maximum length of 4.9 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of benthic algae and weeds.[2] The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Pierre Fourmanoir (1924-2007), who collected the first specimens of this species and realised that it had not been described.[3]

Ecsenius fourmanoiri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. fourmanoiri
Binomial name
Ecsenius fourmanoiri
V. G. Springer, 1972

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius fourmanoiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342341A48364310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342341A48364310.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ecsenius fourmanoiri" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 March 2019.


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