- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- BLENNIIDAE
- Rhabdoblennius
- rhabdotrachelus
Barchin Blenny, Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler & Ball 1924)
A Barchin Blenny, Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus, from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia - USNM 409377. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
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Barchin Blenny, Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler & Ball 1924)
More Info
Distribution |
Known from reefs in the Coral Sea. Inhabits reef flats, benches, and rocky shores exposed to strong wave action. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical western-central Pacific. |
Species Citation |
Blennius rhabdotrachelus Fowler & Ball, 1924, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Philad. 76: 272. Type locality: Wake Island. |
Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Barchin Blenny, Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler & Ball 1924)
References
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.
Fowler, H.W. & Ball, S.C. 1924. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the Tanager Expedition of 1923 in the Pacific Islands west of Hawaii. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 76: 269-274.
xMyers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.
Williams, J.T. 2014. Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342519A48372876. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342519A48372876.en . Downloaded on 22 October 2015.
Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 8-31 fig. 1 pl. 1