WoRMS taxon details

Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906)

219273  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219273)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description A mimic of Meiacanthus nigolineatus (Sabretooth blenny) with venomous fangs. The mimic not only closely matches the colour...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219273 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970) Lotan, R. (1970). Systematic remarks on fishes of the family Salariidae in the Red Sea. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18 (4) (1969): 363-378. [Page 374 is blank]. [details]   

basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em>  [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
LanguageName 
English Red Sea mimic blenny  [details]