Alloblennius

Genus of fishes

Alloblennius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus: Alloblennius
Smith-Vaniz & V. G. Springer, 1971[1]
Type species
Rhabdoblennius pictus
Lotan, 1970[2]
Species

See text.

Alloblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies (family Blenniidae) found in the western[3] and northeastern Indian Ocean.[4]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Alloblennius anuchalis (V. G. Springer & Spreitzer, 1978)
  • Alloblennius frondiculus Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2012
  • Alloblennius jugularis (Klunzinger, 1871) (Jugular blenny)
  • Alloblennius parvus (V. G. Springer & Spreitzer, 1978) (Dwarf blenny)
  • Alloblennius pictus (Lotan, 1969)

References

  1. ^ Alloblennius at ITIS.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Alloblennius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alloblennius". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. ^ Alloblennius frondiculus, a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini) by William F. Smith-Vaniz and Gerald R. Allen, 2012. Zootaxa.
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Taxon identifiers
Alloblennius


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