Ecsenius yaeyamaensis

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, known commonly as the Yaeyama blenny in Guam and Micronesia, and also known as the Yaeyama clown blenny in Micronesia, or the Pale-spotted combtooth-blenny in Indonesia is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. It can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds,< and are commercial aquarium fish.[2]

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis
Male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. yaeyamaensis
Binomial name
Ecsenius yaeyamaensis
(Aoyagi, 1954)

References

  • Aoyagi, H. 1954 [ref. 130] Description of one new genus and three new species of Blenniidae from the Riu-Kiu Islands. Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 63 (no. 5): 213–217.
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342451A48359734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342451A48359734.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis" in FishBase. October 2018 version.


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