Krauss' Blenny, Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger 1871)
Other Names: Krauss's Blenny
Krauss' Blenny, Enchelyurus kraussii, from the Chesterfield Bank, Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea, August 1988. Source: John E. Randall / FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A blackish-brown comb-tooth blenny becoming yellowish posteriorly, with narrow, dark wavy diagonal stripes on the head, and the anal fin with a pale margin and narrow blue streaks along the centre of the fin. Females are overall dusky brown.
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Enchelyurus kraussii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Jun 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1907
Krauss' Blenny, Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger 1871)
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Distribution |
Clerke Reef to Hibernia Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, with larvae south to Swansea Channel, New South Wales. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the Indo-west-central Pacific: Red Sea, Yemen, Somalia and the islands of the western Indian Ocean, east to Tonga, and south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. A cryptic species found among coral and rubble on reef flats and the upper parts of seaward reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI-IX, 22-24; Anal fin II, 18-20; Pectoral fin 14-16; Pelvic fin I, 2. Dorsal and anal fins attached by membrane to upper edge of caudal fin (well beyond fin base); dorsal fin not notched between spines and rays. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Christian Krauss, director of the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart. |
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Species Citation |
Petroscirtes kraussii Klunzinger 1871, Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 497. Type locality: Kosseir (= Al-Qusair), Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Krauss' Blenny, Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger 1871)
References
Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Klunzinger, C.B. 1871. Synopsis der Fische des Rothern Meeres. 2. Theil. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 441-688 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732
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.
Springer, V.G. 1972. Synopsis of the tribe Omobranchini with descriptions of three new genera and two new species (Pisces : Blenniidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 130: 1-31 figs 1-16 http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.130
Watson, W. 2001. Larvae of Enchelyurus ater (gunther, 1877) and E. kraussi (klunzinger, 1871) (pisces: Blenniidae: Omobranchini). Records of the Australian Museum 53: 57. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1324
Williams, J.T. 2014. Enchelyurus kraussii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342433A48348091. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342433A48348091.en. Accessed on 10 June 2025.
