Seychelles Blenny, Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959


Other Names: Seychelle's Blenny

A Seychelles Blenny, Stanulus seychellensis, at Guam. Source: David Burdick / http://guamreeflife.com. License: All rights reserved


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Bray, D.J. 2020, Stanulus seychellensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1092

Seychelles Blenny, Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959

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Distribution

Far northern Great Barrier Reef, to Escape Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits the surge zone along reef crests

Etymology

The species is named for the type locality, the Seychelles.

Species Citation

Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959, Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 14: 246, pl. 17(13). Type locality: La Digue, Seychelles.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2020

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Seychelles Blenny, Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959

References


Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. 

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. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/supplement-no-30/

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 

Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. 

Schultz, L.P. & Chapman, W.M. 1960. Subfamily Salarinae. pp. 302-382 in Schultz, L.P., Chapman, W.M., Lachner, E.A. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 2. Families Mullidae through Stromateidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(2): 1-438, figs 91-132, pls 75-123 (described as Fallacirripectes minutus) See ref at BHL

Smith, J.L.B. 1959. Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 14: 227-252 figs 1-16 pls 14-18 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018775

Springer, V.G. 1968. The Indo-Pacific bleniid fish genus Stanulus with description of a new species from the Great Barrier Reef (Blenniidae; Blenniinae; Salariini). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81(15): 111-122 figs 1-2 See ref at BHL

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. Stanulus seychellensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342292A48362822. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342292A48362822.en. Downloaded on 24 October 2020.

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CAAB Code:37408084

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:0-8 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:4 cm TL

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