Ecsenius collettei

Ecsenius collettei, known commonly as the Collete's blenny in Papua New Guinea,[2] is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific ocean, specifically in Papua New Guinea.[2] It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres.[2] The blennies feed primarily off of plants, and benthic algae and weeds.[2] he specific name honours Bruce B. Collette the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, whose collection of fish specimens from New Guinea contained a number important blenniid specimens, one of which was this species.[3]

Ecsenius collettei

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. collettei
Binomial name
Ecsenius collettei
V. G. Springer, 1972

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius collettei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342198A48406816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342198A48406816.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ecsenius collettei" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. 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 2 March 2019.


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