Ecsenius isos

Species of fish

Ecsenius isos

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

E. isos

Binomial name
Ecsenius isos

McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976

Ecsenius isos is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific ocean, around New Hebrides and New Caledonia.[2] It can reach a maximum length of 3.2 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species primarily feed off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds.[2] The specific name isos refers to the dark spots beneath the blennies' heads.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius isos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342436A48388780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342436A48388780.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Ecsenius isos" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
3. ^ Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae: Salariini). McKinney, J. F. and V. G. Springer 1976 (28 Sept.) Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 236.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1818332
* CoL: 38NYS
* FishBase: 47384
* GBIF: 2396044
* iNaturalist: 445884
* IRMNG: 10572940
* ITIS: 636334
* IUCN: 48342436
* NCBI: 2998515
* WoRMS: 277660

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