- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- BLENNIIDAE
- Ecsenius
- lividanalis
Blackass Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius lividanalis Chapman & Schultz 1952
Other Names: Blackass Blenny
A Blackass Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius lividanalis, at Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands, Nov 2014. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A comb-tooth blenny with two colour forms, both with a black spot around the anus. One colour form has a blue head, a yellow body and iris. The other form is dusky (or rarely overall yellow), with a bluish-white iris, a yellow dorsal surface and a yellow tail.
Great video footage of Blackass Combtooth Blennies at Ghavutu Island, Florida Islands, Solomon Islands - showing both colour forms.
Great video footage of Blackass Combtooth Blennies at Ghavutu Island, Florida Islands, Solomon Islands - showing both colour forms.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2021, Ecsenius lividanalis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1063
Blackass Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius lividanalis Chapman & Schultz 1952
More Info
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Distribution |
Bonaparte Archipelago, the Kimberley region, Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the Cobourg Peninsula to Truant Island, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Inhabits lagoons and sheltered coastal reefs to 12 m. |
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Etymology |
The specific name lividanalis is from the Latin lividus (= black and blue) and analis (anal), in reference to blue eye-sized spot surrounding the anus. |
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Species Citation |
Ecsenius lividanalis Chapman & Schultz 1952, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102(3310): 517. Type locality: Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Blackass Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius lividanalis Chapman & Schultz 1952
References
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Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Chapman, W.M. & Schultz, L.P. 1952. Review of the fishes of the blennioid genus Ecsenius, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102(3310): 507-528 figs 90-96 See ref at BHL
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
McKinney, J.F. & Springer, V.G. 1976. Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae : Salariini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 236: 1-27 figs 1-11
Springer, V.G. 1971. Revision of the fish genus Ecsenius (Blenniidae, Blenniinae, Salariini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 72: 1-74 figs 1-36
Springer, V.G. 1972. Additions to revisions of the blenniid fish genera Ecsenius and Entomacrodus, with descriptions of three new species of Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 134: 1-13 figs 1-3
Springer, V.G. 1988. The Indo-Pacific Blenniid fish genus Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 465: 1-134 figs 1-68 pls 1-14
Springer, V.G. 1991. Ecsenius randalli, a new species of blenniid fish from Indonesia, with notes on other species of Ecsenius. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 39(12): 100-113.
Springer, V.G. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Ecsenius polystictus, new species of blenniid fish from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, with notes on other species of Ecsenius. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 26: 39-48 figs 1-20
Williams, J.T. 2014. Ecsenius lividanalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342250A48392178. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342250A48392178.en. Downloaded on 11 June 2019.
