Namiye’s Combtooth Blenny

Ecsenius namiyei

Dark brown to olive, with pale or yellow tail. Variant with high-contrast white markings on the head.

Size : 10 cm

Habitat : In lagoons and outreefs, 3-30 m.Squats on coral, rock and sponges. Shy.

Distribution : Sulawesi and the Moluccas to the Philippines, Taiwan and Solomons.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Blenniiformes

FAMILY

:

Blenniidae

GENUS

:

Ecsenius

SPECIES

:

Ecsenius namiyei

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