Snow's Blenny, Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928)


Other Names: Snow Blenny, Snow's Rockskipper

A female Snow's Blenny, Rhabdoblennius snowi, from Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. Source: John E. Randall / FishBase. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial

Summary:
A whitish blenny with a white-spotted brown head, seven dark grey hour-glass-shaped bars on the sides, and a small dark spot on the middle of the caudal-fin base.Snow's Blenny has a long slender unbranched tentacle above the eye, a small unbranched cirrus on the rear edge of the nostril, and no cirri on the nape.

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Dianne J. Bray, Rhabdoblennius snowi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4983

Snow's Blenny, Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928)

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Distribution

Known from the Australian territory of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.. Inhabits intertidal reef flats and rocky shores exposed to strong wave action. 

Features

Dorsal fin XII, 18-19; Anal fin !!, 20-21; Pectoral fin 14; Pelvic fin I, 3; Caudal fin (segmented rays) 13.

Species Citation

Blennius snowi Fowler, 1928, Mem. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 10: 432, fig. 71. Type locality: Strong Island, Kosrae, Caroline Islands.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Snow's Blenny, Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928)

References


Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.

Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp.

Bath, H. 1977. Revision der Blenniini (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57(4/6): 167-234.

Bath, H. 2004. Revision of the genus Rhabdoblennius Whitley (Pisces: Blenniidae: Salariinae), with descriptions of two new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 669: 1-26.

Bath, H. & Hutchins, J.B. 1986. Die Blenniini des australischen Raums und Neuseelands mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart (Pisces: Blenniidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 66(4/6): 167-213.

Fowler, H.W. 1928. The fishes of Oceania. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10: 1-540 figs 1-82 pls 1-49

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.

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.

Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 8-31 fig. 1 pl. 1 (as Nixiblennius snowi)

Williams, J.T. 2014. Rhabdoblennius snowi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342471A48367032. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342471A48367032.en . Downloaded on 22 October 2015.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37408112

Depth:0-3 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:7 cm TL

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