Ecsenius pictus

Species of fish

Ecsenius pictus

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. pictus

Binomial name
Ecsenius pictus

McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976

Ecsenius pictus at Waitii bay, Wakatobi National Park, 2015

Ecsenius pictus, known commonly as the white-lined comb-tooth in Indonesia and the pictus blenny in Micronesia,[2] is a species of combtooth blenny family Blenniidae.[3]

The white-lined comb-tooth is found in coral reefs in the central Indo-Pacific area and especially in Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Islands.[3]

It can reach a maximum length of 5 cm.[4]

Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds,[5] and are commercial aquarium fish.[3] The specific name "pictus" means "painted" in Latin, and refers to the species' unusual colour pattern.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342145A48403220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342145A48403220.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Common names for Ecsenius pictus Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Ecsenius pictus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
4. ^ Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III, 1990. Dr. Burgess's Atlas der Meerwasser Aquarium Fische. Bede Verlag, Kollnburg, Germany.
5. ^ Food items for Ecsenius pictus Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
6. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

* http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277676
* Photos of Ecsenius pictus on Sealife Collection

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2518289
* ADW: Ecsenius_pictus
* CoL: 38NZS
* FishBase: 7669
* GBIF: 2396075
* iNaturalist: 196700
* IRMNG: 10453816
* ITIS: 636351
* IUCN: 48342145
* Plazi: 40E76AD7-1907-93A7-D0B8-D2CF7FF04A47
* uBio: 4784889
* WoRMS: 277676
* ZooBank: 6902039F-EC3D-4221-84EC-885D29221B15

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