Blenniella periophthalmus

Blue-dashed rockskipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Blenniidae
Genus:Blenniella
Species: B. periophthalmus
Binomial name
Blenniella periophthalmus
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Salarias percophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Istiblennius periophthalmus biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  • Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859
  • Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908

Blenniella periophthalmus is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is commonly known as the blue-dashed rockskipper, bullethead rockskipper, false rockskipper, or the peppered blenny.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Blenniella periophthalmus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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