WoRMS taxon details
Istiblennius pox Springer & Williams, 1994
219290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219290)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Springer, V. G.; Williams, J. T. (1994). The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus <i>Istiblennius</i> reappraised: a revision of <i>Istiblennius</i>, <i>Blenniella</i>, and <i>Paralticus</i>, new genus. <em>Smithson. Contrib. Zool.</em> 565: 1-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.565 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Istiblennius pox Springer & Williams, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219290 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Springer, V. G.; Williams, J. T. (1994). The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus <i>Istiblennius</i> reappraised: a revision of <i>Istiblennius</i>, <i>Blenniella</i>, and <i>Paralticus</i>, new genus. <em>Smithson. Contrib. Zool.</em> 565: 1-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.565 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Istiblennius pox)
To FishBase
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius pox USNM 296480 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius pox USNM 296480 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Istiblennius pox)
To FishBase
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius pox USNM 296480 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius pox USNM 296480 holotype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS