Ecsenius lubbocki

Short description: Species of fish

Ecsenius lubbocki

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Blenniiformes
Family:  | Blenniidae
Genus:  | Ecsenius
Species:  |

E. lubbocki

Binomial name
Ecsenius lubbocki

V. G. Springer, 1988

Ecsenius lubbocki, the Lubbock's combtooth-blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in Phuket, Thailand, in the eastern Indian ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds.[2] The specific name honours the English marine biologist Hugh Roger Lubbock (1951–1981), the collector of the type specimens, he recognised that they were a new species of Ecsenius.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius lubbocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342234A48369856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342234A48369856.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342234/48369856. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ecsenius lubbocki" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
3. ↑ "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes2/. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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