Alloblennius frondiculus

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Alloblennius frondiculus

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alloblennius
Species:
A. frondiculus
Binomial name
Alloblennius frondiculus

Alloblennius frondiculus is a species of combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) in the genus Alloblennius.[2]

Etymology

The

Latin for "a small leaf", referring to the shape of the orbital cirrus.[2]

Distribution

A. frondiculus was described from a single female specimen,[3] collected from the waters off the southwest shore of South Cinque Island, one of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. It was discovered near a coastal shore at approximately 3 metres (10 feet) below sea level. A. frondiculus is the only member of the genus which is not found in the western Indian Ocean or the Red Sea.[2]

Description

The

irises with reddish-orange lines stemming from the pupils. While most species of Alloblennius possess short, minute supraorbital cirri, the cirrus is large and prominent on A. frondiculus.[2]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47401609A48398849.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Alloblennius frondiculus, a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini) by William F. Smith-Vaniz and Gerald R. Allen, 2012. Zootaxa.
  3. ^ Holotype deposited at the Western Australian Museum, Perth, under number WAM P.33265-004
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