Aspidontus dussumieri

Aspidontus dussumieri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Aspidontus
Species:	A. dussumieri
Binomial name
	Aspidontus dussumieri; (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
	Blennechis dussumieri Valenciennes, 1836; Petroscirtes fluctuans Weber, 1909; Aspidontus fluctuans (Weber, 1909); Petroscirtes gorrorensis Herre, 1936; Aspidontus gorrorensis (Herre, 1936); Aspidontus wamiziensis J.L.B. Smith, 1959;

Aspidontus dussumieri, the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.^[2] The specific name honours the French explorer and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).^[3]

References

^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Aspidontus dussumieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342525A48371246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342525A48371246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspidontus dussumieri". FishBase. February 2013 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 24 March 2019.

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