Ecsenius nalolo
Appearance
Ecsenius nalolo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Ecsenius |
Species: | E. nalolo
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Binomial name | |
Ecsenius nalolo J. L. B. Smith, 1959
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Ecsenius nalolo, known commonly as the Nalolo in South Africa or the Nalolo blenny in Micronesia, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily on plants, including benthic algae and weeds.[2]
References
[edit]- Smith, J. L. B. 1959 (May) Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 14: 229-252, Pls. 14-18. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius nalolo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342458A48405286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342458A48405286.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ecsenius nalolo". FishBase. October 2018 version.