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WoRMS taxon details

Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz, 1969

AphiaID

219307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219307)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Meiacanthus Norman, 1944

Original name

Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz, 1969

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1969). A new species of Meiacanthus (Pisces: Blenniidae: Nemophidinae) from the Red Sea, with a review of the Indian Ocean species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 82: 349-354. [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Predaceous fishes learn to avoid this species due to its venomous bite.Mimicked by two other blennies<307>.

Description Predaceous fishes learn to avoid this species due to its venomous bite.Mimicked by two other blennies<307>. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219307 on 2025-10-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-06-18 06:08:16Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1969). A new species of Meiacanthus (Pisces: Blenniidae: Nemophidinae) from the Red Sea, with a review of the Indian Ocean species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 82: 349-354. [details]

basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [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. Scientific Data. 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]