Ecsenius melarchus, known commonly as the yellow-eyed comb-tooth or the Java combtooth-blenny in Indonesia, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres. Blennies in this species primarily feed off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds, and are commercial aquarium fish.[2] The specific name "melarchus" is Latin for "black anus", and refers to the black anal marking on the blennies in this species.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Ecsenius |
| Species: | E. melarchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ecsenius melarchus McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976
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References
edit- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius melarchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342349A48387572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342349A48387572.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ecsenius melarchus". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae: Salariini). McKinney, J. F. and V. G. Springer 1976 (28 Sept.) Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 236.
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