WoRMS taxon details
Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906)
219273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219273)
accepted
Species
Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1970 · unaccepted
Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906) Pellegrin, J. (1906). Sur un Salarias nouveau de la baie de Tadjourah. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1).</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 93-94. [details]
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. (2025). FishBase. Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219273 on 2025-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906) Pellegrin, J. (1906). Sur un Salarias nouveau de la baie de Tadjourah. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1).</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 93-94. [details]
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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Red Sea mimic blenny | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ecsenius gravieri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970)
To FishBase images (Ecsenius gravieri, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius gravieri FIN026945 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius gravieri RAD121743-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ecsenius gravieri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzi Lotan, 1970)
To FishBase (from synonym Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970)
To FishBase images (Ecsenius gravieri, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius gravieri FIN026945 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius gravieri RAD121743-001)
To ITIS
