Stanulus seychellensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Stanulus |
Species: | S. seychellensis
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Binomial name | |
Stanulus seychellensis J. L. B. Smith, 1959
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Stanulus seychellensis, the Seychelle's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It feeds primarily on plants, including benthic algae and weeds. It can reach a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL. This fish is also found in the aquarium trade.[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.
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Stanulus seychellensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342292A48362822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342292A48362822.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stanulus seychellensis". FishBase. February 2013 version.