Ecsenius collettei

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Ecsenius collettei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. collettei
Binomial name
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]

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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 . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.