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: Meiacanthus
Species (28): M. abditus – M. abruptus – M. anema – M. atrodorsalis – M. bundoon – M. crinitus – M. cyanopterus – M. ditrema – M. erdmanni – M. fraseri – M. geminatus – M. grammistes – M. kamoharai – M. limbatus – M. lineatus – M. luteus – M. mossambicus – M. naevius – M. nigrolineatus – M. oualauensis – M. phaeus – M. procne - M. reticulatus - M. smithi - M. tongaensis - M. urostigma - M. vicinus - M. vittatus
Name
Meiacanthus Norman, 1944
Gender
masculine
Type species
Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Albert Günther, 1877)
References
Primary references
Norman, J. R. (1944) (19 Jan. 1944 [for Dec. 1943]) Notes on the blennioid fishes. A provisional synopsis of the genera of the family Blenniidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) 10(72): 793–812.
Additional references
Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Allen, G.R. 2011: Three new species of the fangblenny genus Meiacanthus from Indonesia, with color photographs and comments on other species (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). Zootaxa 3046: 39–58. Preview PDF
Links
ION
Meiacanthus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Meiacanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Nomenclator Zoologicus
WoRMS (2010). Meiacanthus Norman, 1943. In: Nicolas Bailly (2010). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206901 on 2011-11-30 [needs update]
Meiacanthus is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the aquarium trade and several are venomous. The genus name Meiacanthus is derived from the Greek meion meaning "less" and akantha meaning "thorn" and refers to most species having relatively few dorsal fin spines.[1]
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Meiacanthus abditus Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus abruptus Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
Meiacanthus anema (Bleeker, 1852) (Threadless blenny)
Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Günther, 1877) (Forktail blenny)
Meiacanthus bundoon Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Bundoon blenny)
Meiacanthus crinitus Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus cyanopterus Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (One-striped poison-fang blenny)
Meiacanthus erdmanni Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
Meiacanthus fraseri Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus geminatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus grammistes (Valenciennes, 1836) (Striped poison-fang blenny)
Meiacanthus kamoharai Tomiyama, 1956
Meiacanthus limbatus Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus lineatus (De Vis, 1884) (Lined fangblenny)
Meiacanthus luteus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 (Yellow fangbelly)
Meiacanthus mossambicus J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Mozambique fangblenny)
Meiacanthus naevius Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz, 1969 (Blackline fangblenny)
Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)
Meiacanthus phaeus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus procne Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus reticulatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus smithi Klausewitz, 1962 (Disco blenny)
Meiacanthus tongaensis (Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus urostigma Smith-Vaniz, Satapoomin & G. R. Allen, 2001
Meiacanthus vicinus Smith-Vaniz, 1987
Meiacanthus vittatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (One-striped fangblenny)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Meiacanthus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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