Ecsenius tessera

Species of fish

Ecsenius tessera

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

E. tessera

Binomial name
Ecsenius tessera

V. G. Springer, 1988

Ecsenius tessera is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean, around Vanuatu. It can reach a maximum length of 4.5 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds.[2]

## References[edit]

* Springer, V. G. 1988 (14 Sept.) The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 465: i-iv + 1–134, col. Pls. 1-14.

1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius tessera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342512A48374913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342512A48374913.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). tessera&speciesname={{{2}}}"Ecsenius tessera {{{2}}}" in FishBase. February 2019 version.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2499903
* CoL: 38P29
* FishBase: 27294
* GBIF: 2396045
* iNaturalist: 445905
* IRMNG: 10160694
* ITIS: 636362
* IUCN: 48342512
* Plazi: 4C7F3662-ADFB-A1B9-E3AB-559C8CF47449
* WoRMS: 277688
* ZooBank: 7BBB1DF9-217F-4017-8E61-B0AF376ED37C

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