WoRMS taxon details
Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906)
AphiaID: 219273
AphiaID: 219273
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Salariinae (Subfamily) > Ecsenius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Ecsenius McCulloch, 1923 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1969 Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Eritrea [details] Red Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A mimic of Meiacanthus nigolineatus (Sabretooth blenny) with venomous fangs. The mimic not only closely matches the colour but has adopted the same mode of swimming just off the bottom<307>. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219273 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906). 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=219273 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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