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Ophioblennius Gill, 1860 
AphiaID: 125919

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Salariinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Salariinae Bleeker, 1859
Synonymised
taxa		  Cynoscartes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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[hide all]		 Species Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
  » Subspecies Ophioblennius atlanticus atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
» Subspecies Ophioblennius atlanticus macclurei (Silvester, 1915) accepted as Ophioblennius macclurei (Silvester, 1915)
Species Ophioblennius clippertonensis Springer, 1962
Species Ophioblennius macclurei (Silvester, 1915)
Species Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
  » Subspecies Ophioblennius steindachneri clippertonensis Springer, 1962 accepted as Ophioblennius clippertonensis Springer, 1962
Species Ophioblennius trinitatis Miranda Ribeiro, 1919

Species Ophioblennius capillus Reid, 1943 accepted as Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938)
Species Ophioblennius clarki Reid, 1943 accepted as Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Ophioblennius fernandezensis Clark, 1938 accepted as Scartichthys variolatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Ophioblennius mazorkae Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)
Species Ophioblennius vanderbilti Fowler, 1938 accepted as Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938)
Species Ophioblennius webbii (Valenciennes, 1843) accepted as Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Ophioblennius xiphiodon Clark, 1938 accepted as Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125919
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2012-11-14 10:59:38Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ophioblennius Gill, 1860. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125919 on 2013-05-24
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