Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, known commonly as the Yaeyama blenny in Guam and Micronesia, and also known as the Yaeyama clown blenny in Micronesia, or the Pale-spotted combtooth-blenny in Indonesia is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. It can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds, and are commercial aquarium fish.[2]
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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. yaeyamaensis
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| Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954)
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References
edit- Aoyagi, H. 1954 [ref. 130] Description of one new genus and three new species of Blenniidae from the Riu-Kiu Islands. Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 63 (no. 5): 213–217.
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342451A48359734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342451A48359734.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ecsenius yaeyamaensis". FishBase. October 2018 version.
External links
edit- Photos of Ecsenius yaeyamaensis on Sealife Collection
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