Omobranchus

Short description: Genus of fishes

Omobranchus

Omobranchus germaini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Blenniidae
Subfamily:  | Blenniinae
Genus:  | Omobranchus
Valenciennes, 1836
Type species
Blennechis fasciolatus

Valenciennes, 1836

Species

See text

Omobranchus is a large genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

## Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[1]

* Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes, 1836)
* Omobranchus aurosplendidus (J. Richardson, 1846)
* Omobranchus banditus J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Bandit blenny)
* Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner, 1876)
* Omobranchus elongatus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (Cloister blenny)
* Omobranchus fasciolatoceps (J. Richardson, 1846)
* Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Arab blenny)
* Omobranchus ferox (Herre, 1927) (Gossamer blenny)
* Omobranchus germaini (Sauvage, 1883) (Germain's blenny)
* Omobranchus hikkaduwensis Bath, 1983
* Omobranchus loxozonus (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906)
* Omobranchus mekranensis (Regan, 1905) (Mekran blenny)
* Omobranchus obliquus (Garman, 1903) (Roundhead blenny)
* Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Muzzled blenny)
* Omobranchus robertsi V. G. Springer, 1981
* Omobranchus rotundiceps (W. J. Macleay, 1881)
* Omobranchus smithi (Visweswara Rao, 1974)
* Omobranchus steinitzi V. G. Springer & M. F. Gomon, 1975
* Omobranchus verticalis V. G. Springer & M. F. Gomon, 1975
* Omobranchus woodi (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (Kappie blenny)
* Omobranchus zebra (Bleeker, 1868)

## References

1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Omobranchus in FishBase. February 2019 version.

See also Wikidata entry Q2653948.

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