Ecsenius pictus (*) Cladus: Eukaryota Ecsenius pictus, known commonly as the White-lined comb-tooth or the White-lined combtooth-blenny in Indonesia, and the Pictus blenny in Micronesia,[1] is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific ocean.[2] It was named by Victor Gruschka Springer and James F. McKinney in 1976, and can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds,[3] and are commercial aquarium fish.[2] The specific name "pictus" means "painted" in Latin, and refers to the species' unusual colour pattern.[4] ^ Common names for Ecsenius pictus at www.fishbase.org.
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