WoRMS taxon details
Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
219318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219318)
accepted
Species
Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
Omobranchus striatus (Jatzow & Lenz, 1898) · unaccepted
Petroscirtes striatus Jatzow & Lenz, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219318 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arab blenny | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus fasciolatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus striatus (Jatzow & Lenz, 1898))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennechis fasciolatus USNM 204487 neotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennechis fasciolatus USNM 204487 neotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus fasciolatus FIN027095 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus fasciolatus RAD108351-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omobranchus fasciolatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Omobranchus striatus (Jatzow & Lenz, 1898))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennechis fasciolatus USNM 204487 neotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blennechis fasciolatus USNM 204487 neotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus fasciolatus FIN027095 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Omobranchus fasciolatus RAD108351-001)
To ITIS
