Ecsenius gravieri

Ecsenius gravieri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Ecsenius
Species:	E. gravieri
Binomial name
	Ecsenius gravieri; (Pellegrin, 1906)
Synonyms
	Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906; Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970;

Ecsenius gravieri, the Red Sea mimic blenny, is a blenny from the Western Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8 cm in length.[2] The specific name honours the French zoologist Charles Gravier (1865-1937), the collector of the type.[3]

References

Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius gravieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342285A48377693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342285A48377693.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Ecsenius gravieri" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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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[1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius gravieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342285A48377693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342285A48377693.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Ecsenius gravieri" in FishBase. December 2008 version.

[ETYFish-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.