Ecsenius yaeyamaensis

Species of fish

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis

Male

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. yaeyamaensis

Binomial name
Ecsenius yaeyamaensis

(Aoyagi, 1954)

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, known commonly as the Yaeyama blenny in Guam and Micronesia, and also known as the Yaeyama clown blenny in Micronesia, or the Pale-spotted combtooth-blenny in Indonesia is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. It can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds, and are commercial aquarium fish.[2]

## References[edit]

* Aoyagi, H. 1954 [ref. 130] Description of one new genus and three new species of Blenniidae from the Riu-Kiu Islands. Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 63 (no. 5): 213–217.

1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342451A48359734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342451A48359734.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis" in FishBase. October 2018 version.

## External links[edit]

* Photos of Ecsenius yaeyamaensis on Sealife Collection

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2174841
* AFD: Ecsenius_yaeyamaensis
* CoL: 38P2G
* FishBase: 6036
* GBIF: 2396022
* iNaturalist: 344869
* IRMNG: 10157628
* ITIS: 636366
* IUCN: 48342451
* NCBI: 1405644
* OBIS: 277692
* WoRMS: 277692

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