Ecsenius schroederi

Ecsenius schroederi, known commonly as the Schroeder's combtooth-blenny in Indonesia, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean, specifically in Indonesia.[2] It can reach a maximum length of 7 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds,[2] and are commercial aquarium fish.[2] The species was named in honour of the wildlife artist and scientific illustrator Jack R. Schroeder (1954-2004).[3][4]

Ecsenius schroederi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. schroederi
Binomial name
Ecsenius schroederi
McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius schroederi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342204A48345477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342204A48345477.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ecsenius schroederi" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae: Salariini). McKinney, J. F. and V. G. Springer 1976 (28 Sept.) Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 236.
  4. 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 5 March 2019.


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