Antennablennius sexfasciatus

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Antennablennius sexfasciatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Antennablennius
Species:
A. sexfasciatus
Binomial name
Antennablennius sexfasciatus
von Bonde, 1923
Synonyms

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Antennablennius sexfasciatus is a species of combtooth blenny which is found in the south western Indian Ocean off South Africa. [3]

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Antennablennius adenensis, the Aden blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf and Pakistan.

Antennablennius australis, the moustached blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean.

Antennablennius bifilum, the horned rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean.

Antennablennius ceylonensis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Indian ocean, around Sri Lanka.

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Antennablennius simonyi, Simony's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf. The specific name honours the Austrian mathematician and entomologist Oskar Simony (1852-1915), who looked after the collection of fish specimen on an expedition to Socotra on which the type was collected.

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References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Antennablennius sexfasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2014: e.T48342487A48365550. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342487A48365550.en .
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Antennablennius sexfasciatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Antennablennius sexfasciatus" in FishBase . October 2018 version.