Deep-Sea taxon details
Blenniidae
AphiaID: 125519
AphiaID: 125519
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subfamily Blenniinae Rafinesque, 1810
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Chiefly tropical and subtropical marine; rare in fresh- and brackish water. Distribution: Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Scaleless or scales modified. Usually blunt head. Pelvic fins present in all but 2 species. Pelvic fin before pectorals; with 1 inconspicuous spine and 2-4 segmented rays. No teeth in palatines; vomerine teeth present. Teeth in jaws comblike, fixed or movable (canine teeth occasionally present). Spines in dorsal fin 3-17, flexible; 9-119 segmented soft rays. Pectoral rays 10-18, unbranched. Branched caudal fin rays, except in 1 species. Two spines in anal fin. All but 1 genus with basisphenoid. Swim bladder usually absent in adults. Usually 28-44 vertebrae, to 135 in Xiphasia. About 54 cm maximum length; most smaller than 15 cm. Capable mimetic behavior. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125519 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Deep-Sea (2013). Blenniidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: Glover, A.G., Higgs, N., Horton, T. (2013) World Register of Deep-Sea species at http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125519 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||||||||
