- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- BLENNIIDAE
- Nannosalarias
- nativitatis
Throatspot Blenny, Nannosalarias nativitatis (Regan 1909)
Other Names: Christmas Blenny, Pygmy Blenny
A Throatspot Blenny, Nannosalarias nativitatis, at Komodo Island, Indonesia, August 2015. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Nannosalarias nativitatis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4741
Throatspot Blenny, Nannosalarias nativitatis (Regan 1909)
More Info
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Distribution |
Offshore reefs of north Western Australia, and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; also Christmas Island in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific - Andaman Sea east to the Philippines and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Inhabits outer reef slopes and exposed shallow reef crests subject to moderate surge. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 15-16; Anal fin II, 16-18. |
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Similar Species |
place of birth or nativity, referring to Christmas Island, type locality (occurs widely in Indo-West Pacific, from Andaman Islands east to Philippines and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia and New Caledonia) |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin nativitatis (= birth, nativity), in reference to Christmas Island, the type locality. |
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Species Citation |
Blennius nativitatis Regan 1909, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 404, pl. 66, fig. 2. Type locality: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Throatspot Blenny, Nannosalarias nativitatis (Regan 1909)
References
Allen, G.R. 2000. Fishes of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 59: 83-95 See ref online
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp.
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.
Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202 See ref online
Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidae - Callionymidae. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 304-622.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. (as Nannosalarias nativitatus)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Regan, C.T. 1909. A collection of fishes made by Dr. C.W. Andrews, F.R.S., at Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 403-406 pls 65 & 66 See ref at BHL
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Springer, V.G. 1971. Synopsis of the Tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces : Blenniidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 73: 1-72 figs 1-50 https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.73
Springer, V.G. 2001. Blenniidae. pp. 3538-3546 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Williams, J.T. 2014. Nannosalarias nativitatis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342505A48354985. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342505A48354985.en. Accessed on 16 May 2022
