| Hypleurochilus | |
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| (H. fissicornis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Hypleurochilus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius multifilis Girard, 1858 | |
Hypleurochilus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Atlantic Ocean.
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 generas. Combtooth blennies are found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; some species are also found in brackish and even freshwater environments.
Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Salarias is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Ecsenius is a large genus of fish in the family Blenniidae.
The molly miller is a species of fish of the family Blenniidae in the order Perciformes. It can be found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and northwest Pacific Oceans. Its color is a mottled tan, white, and black covering the body and fins. The head of this fish is covered with short hair-like appendages and has two very large eyes. This species reaches 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length.
Hypleurochilus aequipinnis, the oyster blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) TL.
Hypleurochilus bananensis is a species of combtooth blenny which is patchily distributed in the eastern central Atlantic ocean from Israel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This species grows to a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL.
Hypleurochilus bermudensis, the barred blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic ocean. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.
Hypleurochilus fissicornis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Azores and southwest Atlantic ocean off eastern South America from Paraíba to Uruguay. This species grows to a length of 8.7 centimetres (3.4 in).
Hypleurochilus langi is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic ocean, from Senegal to the mouth of the Congo River. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This blenny is euryhaline and it enters mouths of large rivers and occurs among mangroves, it prefers brackish water. The specific name of this blenny honours the German zoologist and taxidermist Herbert Lang (1879-1957) of the American Museum of Natural History, who helped to collect the type.
Hypleurochilus multifilis, the featherduster blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Atlantic ocean, in the Gulf of Mexico around Texas, USA. Its distribution extends from central Florida to Tabasco, Mexico.
Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Atlantic ocean, in the Americas it ranges from Cape Canaveral, Florida to Santa Catarina in Brazil and the eastern Atlantic it is found off Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea.
Hypleurochilus springeri, the orange-spotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.
Omobranchus is a large genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.
Ophioblennius trinitatis is a species of combtooth blenny endemic to the southwest Atlantic ocean. It is a subtropical marine fish commonly found in reefs off the coast of Brazil. Combtooth blennies are often referred to as "peixes-macacos" in Brazil, which translates to "monkey-fish".
Parablennius is a diverse genus of combtooth blennies found in the Atlantic, western Pacific, and Indian oceans.
Scartella is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Labrisomus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the western Atlantic ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Salarinae is one of two subfamilies in the combtooth blenny family Blenniidae, it is the largest of the two subfamilies in the Blennidae with 43 genera. The species in this subfamily are mainly marine, with a few species which are found in freshwater or brackish water, and a few species are known to spend much time out of the water.
Hypleurochilus brasil is a species of combtooth blenny from the subfamily Salarinae of the family Blenniidae. It is endemic to the reefs around Trindade and Martin Vaz off Brazil in the western South Atlantic Ocean.
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