Jugular blenny

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Jugular blenny
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alloblennius
Species:
A. jugularis
Binomial name
Alloblennius jugularis
(Klunzinger, 1871)
Synonyms [2]
  • Blennius jugularisKlunzinger, 1871
  • Glyptoparus jugularis(Klunzinger, 1871)

The jugular blenny (Alloblennius jugularis) is a combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) found in the western Indian Ocean. [3] Klunzinger originally placed this species in the genus Blennius . [4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater blenny which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Male jugular blennies can reach a maximum standard length of 5 centimetres (1.97 inches). [3] [5] The blennies are oviparous. [6]

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References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Alloblennius jugularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T48320326A48356759. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48320326A48356759.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Synonyms of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Klunzinger, C.B., 1871 [ref. 2622] Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21: 441-688.
  5. Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishwise.co.za.
  6. Reproduction of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.