WoRMS taxon details
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
AphiaID: 219242
AphiaID: 219242
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Aspidontus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aspidontus Cuvier, 1835 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (synonym) Petrocirtes taeniatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 accepted as Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Subspecies Aspidontus taeniatus tractus Fowler, 1903 accepted as Aspidontus tractus Fowler, 1903 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: An amazing mimic of the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus, not only in colour but behaviour. There is a dual basis to the mimicry: the blenny avoids predation in its guise of the wrasse (which is protected because it removes ectoparasites from other fishes) and it gets closer to its prey. It feeds in part by tearing pieces from the fins of other fishes<307>. [details] Remark: Blennechis filamentosus is a synonym based on the prejuvenile stage<307> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219242 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. 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=219242 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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