WoRMS taxon details
Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969
219271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219271)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Starck, W. A., II. (1969). Ecsenius (Anthiiblennius) midas a new subgenus and species of mimic blenny from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 419: 1-9. [details]
Description Found at depths of at least 30 m. During its orange-yellow phase, it is observed to school with @Pseudanthias squamipinnis@...
Description Found at depths of at least 30 m. During its orange-yellow phase, it is observed to school with @Pseudanthias squamipinnis@ which it resembles in color. Reported to feed on zooplankton. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219271 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Starck, W. A., II. (1969). Ecsenius (Anthiiblennius) midas a new subgenus and species of mimic blenny from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 419: 1-9. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
Unreviewed
Description Found at depths of at least 30 m. During its orange-yellow phase, it is observed to school with @Pseudanthias squamipinnis@ which it resembles in color. Reported to feed on zooplankton. [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ecsenius midas)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ecsenius midas, Kiribati, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius midas FIN026952 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius midas RAD121669-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ecsenius midas)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Ecsenius midas, Kiribati, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius midas FIN026952 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ecsenius midas RAD121669-001)
To ITIS
