Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Blenniimorphae
Ordo: Blenniiformes
Subordo: Blennioidei
Familia: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species (53): E. aequalis – E. alleni – E. aroni – E. australianus – E. axelrodi – E. bandanus – E. bathi – E. bicolor – E. bimaculatus – E. caeruliventris – E. collettei – E. dentex – E. dilemma – E. fijiensis – E. fourmanoiri – E. frontalis – E. gravieri – E. isos – E. kurti – E. lineatus – E. lividanalis – E. lubbocki – E. mandibularis – E. melarchus – E. midas – E. minutus – E. monoculus – E. nalolo – E. namiyei – E. niue – E. oculatus – E. oculus – E. ops – E. opsifrontalis – E. pardus – E. paroculus – E. pictus – E. polystictus – E. portenoyi – E. prooculis – E. pulcher – E. randalli – E. schroederi – E. sellifer – E. shirleyae – E. stictus – E. stigmatura – E. taeniatus – E. tessera – E. tigris – E. tricolor – E. trilineatus – E. yaeyamaensis
Name
Ecsenius McCulloch, 1923: 121
Gender: masculine
Type species: Ecsenius mandibularis McCulloch, 1923
Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]
Synonymy
Anthiiblennius Starck, 1969 [valid subgenus]
Pescadorichthys Tomiyama, 1955
References
Hundt, P. J., Iglésias, S. P., Hoey, A. S. & Simons, A. M. 2014 [epub 2013]. A multilocus molecular phylogeny of combtooth blennies (Percomorpha: Blennioidei: Blenniidae): Multiple invasions of intertidal habitats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 47–56. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.001 Paywall.Reference page.
Links
BHL bibliography
Ecsenius – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ecsenius.
ION
Ecsenius in ITIS
Ecsenius in the World Register of Marine Species
Ecsenius species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Ecsenius is a large genus of fish in the family Blenniidae. Several species, including Ecsenius midas, the Midas blenny, and Ecsenius bicolor, the bicolor blenny, are commonly sold at aquarium stores as pets.[1]
Species
There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Ecsenius aequalis V. G. Springer, 1988 (Fourline blenny)
Ecsenius alleni V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius aroni V. G. Springer, 1971 (Aron's blenny)
Ecsenius australianus V. G. Springer, 1988 (Australian blenny)
Ecsenius axelrodi V. G. Springer, 1988 (Axelrod's clown blenny)
Ecsenius bandanus V. G. Springer, 1971 (Banda comb-tooth)
Ecsenius bathi V. G. Springer, 1988 (Bath's comb-tooth)
Ecsenius bicolor (F. Day, 1888) (Bicolor blenny)
Ecsenius bimaculatus V. G. Springer, 1971
Ecsenius caeruliventris V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004 (Bluebelly blenny)
Ecsenius collettei V. G. Springer, 1972 (Collete's blenny)
Ecsenius dentex V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius dilemma V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius fijiensis V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius fourmanoiri V. G. Springer, 1972
Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Smooth-fin blenny)
Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906) (Red Sea mimic blenny)
Ecsenius isos McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976
Ecsenius kurti V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius lineatus Klausewitz, 1962 (Linear blenny)
Ecsenius lividanalis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Blue-head combtooth-blenny)
Ecsenius lubbocki V. G. Springer, 1988 (Lubbock's combtooth-blenny)
Ecsenius mandibularis McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland blenny)
Ecsenius melarchus McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976 (Yellow-eyed comb-tooth)
Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969 (Persian blenny)
Ecsenius minutus Klausewitz, 1963
Ecsenius monoculus V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius nalolo J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Nalolo)
Ecsenius namiyei (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902) (Black comb-tooth)
Ecsenius niue V. G. Springer, 2002
Ecsenius oculatus V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius oculus V. G. Springer, 1971 (Ocular blenny)
Ecsenius ops V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001
Ecsenius opsifrontalis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Comical blenny)
Ecsenius pardus V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius paroculus V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius pictus McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976 (White-lined comb-tooth)
Ecsenius polystictus V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1999
Ecsenius portenoyi V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius prooculis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952
Ecsenius pulcher (J. A. Murray, 1887)
Ecsenius randalli V. G. Springer, 1991
Ecsenius schroederi McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976
Ecsenius sellifer V. G. Springer, 1988 (Saddle blenny)
Ecsenius shirleyae V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004
Ecsenius stictus V. G. Springer, 1988 (Great Barrier Reef blenny)
Ecsenius stigmatura Fowler, 1952
Ecsenius taeniatus V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius tessera V. G. Springer, 1988
Ecsenius tigris V. G. Springer, 1988 (Tiger blenny)
Ecsenius tricolor V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001
Ecsenius trilineatus V. G. Springer, 1972 (Three-lined blenny)
Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954) (Yaeyama blenny)
References
Michael, Scott. "Bring on the Clowns: Blennies of the genus Ecsenius Part 1: Introduction". Retrieved 3 Jan 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ecsenius". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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