Dusky Blenny, Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther 1872)
Other Names: Black Blenny, Brown Coral Blenny, Brown Coral-blenny, Dusky Blenny
A Dusky Blenny, Atrosalarias holomelas, at Pura Island, Indonesia, July 2018. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A dark brown to blackish blenny, sometimes with a brownish-yellow tail. The juveniles are a uniform yellow. In Australia, the Dusky Blenny has previously been known as Atrosalarias fuscus.
Video of a juvenile Dusky Blenny at Cebu in the Philippines (called Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas in the video).
Video of a juvenile Dusky Blenny at Cebu in the Philippines (called Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas in the video).
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Atrosalarias holomelas in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1893
Dusky Blenny, Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther 1872)
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from the Pelsart Group, Western Australia, to at least One Tree Island, Queensland; also Ashmore Reef & Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, and reefs in the Coral Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical East-Indo-west-central Pacific. Often occurs amongst branches of live and dead corals on sheltered shallow reefs, especially in lagoons. |
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Remarks |
In Australia, this species has previously been misidentified as Atrosalarias fuscus which is restricted to the Indian Ocean and western Indonesia (Hastings & Springer, 2009). |
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Etymology |
Myers, R.F. 1991. Micronesian reef fishes Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. Springer, V.G. and Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1972. Systematics and distribution of the monotypic Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Atrosalarias. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 125(3643): 1-12. |
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Species Citation |
Salarias holomelas Günther, 1872, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 10(59): 399. Type locality: Cebu, Philippines. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Dusky Blenny, Atrosalarias holomelas (Günther 1872)
References
Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Günther, A. 1872. Notice of some species of fishes from the Philippine Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 10(59): 397-399. See ref. at BHL
Hastings, P. & Springer, V.G. 2009. Recognizing diversity in blennioid fish nomenclature (Teleostei: Blennioidei). Zootaxa 2120: 3-14. See ref online
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 (as Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas)
Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels - Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 1-302. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
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 (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 pp. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
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 Atrosalarias fuscus)
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. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
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. (as Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas)
Springer, V.G. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1968. Systematics and distribution of the monotypic Indo-Pacific bleniid fish genus Atrosalarias. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 124(3643): 1-12 fig. 1 pl. 1 (as Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas)
Suzuki, T. & H. Senou. 1999. Atrosalarias hosokawai, a new species of blenny (Perciformes: Blenniidae) from the western Pacific. Ichthyological Research 46(3): 259-265. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
Townsend, K.A. & Tibbetts, I.R. 2000. Biomass and distribution of herbivorous blennies in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Fish Biology 56(2000): 774-791. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. Fishes from the Coral Sea and the Swain Reefs. Records of the Australian Museum 26(5): 145–195, plates 8–10. (as Atrosalarias fuscus)
Williams, J.T. 2014. Atrosalarias holomelas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342444A48398563. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342444A48398563.en. Downloaded on 11 October 2018.
