Midas Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius midas

Swallowtail. Orange-yellow (shown) and grey-blue variant.

Size : 13 cm

Habitat : In coral-rich reef slopes, 2-35 m. Yellow variant imitates the Sea Goldie, mixes in with their shoals. Feeds on plankton. Inhabits a small burrow, often with head protruding on the look out.

Distribution : Red Sea and East Africa to the Philippines, GBR and French Polynesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Blenniiformes

FAMILY

:

Blenniidae

GENUS

:

Ecsenius

SPECIES

:

Ecsenius midas

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner