Istiblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The generic name is a compound noun composed of istio the Greek for "sail", referring to the high dorsal fin of the type species, Istiblennius muelleri, and blennius which is derived from a word for "mucus" and refers to the scaleless bodies that characterise the Blenniidae.[2]
| Istiblennius | |
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| Rippled Rockskipper (I. edentulus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Istiblennius Whitley, 1943 |
| Type species | |
| Salarias muelleri Klunzinger, 1879[1]
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Species
editThe 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861) (imspringer)
- Istiblennius colei (Herre, 1934)
- Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) (streaky rockskipper)
- Istiblennius edentulus (J. R. Forster & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (rippled rockskipper)
- Istiblennius flaviumbrinus (Rüppell, 1830)
- Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (lined rockskipper)
- Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836) (peacock rockskipper)
- Istiblennius muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Istiblennius pox V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994 (scarface rockskipper)
- Istiblennius rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)
- Istiblennius spilotus V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994 (spotted rockskipper)
- Istiblennius steindachneri (Pfeffer, 1893)
- Istiblennius unicolor (Rüppell, 1838) (pallid rockskipper)
- Istiblennius zebra (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (zebra blenny)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Istiblennius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Istiblennius". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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