Ecsenius gravieri
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Ecsenius |
Species: | E. gravieri
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Binomial name | |
Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ecsenius gravieri". 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.