Palespotted Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi 1954)

Other Names: Coral Blenny, Pale-spotted Comb-tooth, Pale-spotted Combtooth-Blenny, Yaeyama Clown Blenny

A Palespotted Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, in the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. Source: Paddy Ryan / http://www.ryanphotographic.com/blenniidae.htm. License: All rights reserved

Summary:

A semi-translucent pale greyish blenny with a black ‘chinstrap’ and a black V-shaped mark on the pectoral-fin base, black dashes behind the eye and white spots on the body.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Ecsenius yaeyamaensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1905

Palespotted Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi 1954)

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Distribution	Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, to Gove, Northern Territory; also Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread and locally abundant in the tropical east-Indo-west Pacific - from Sri Lanka to Vanuatu, north to Taiwan and the Yaeyama Islands, Japan, south to Shark Bay, and Belau in Micronesia. Inhabits shallow coastal reefs, perching on boulders and live coral heads in areas of rich coral growth.
Similar Species	The similar Ecsenius stictus differs in having faint dark dashes behind the eye and rows of fine black spots on the rear half of the body.
Species Citation	Salarias yaeyamaensis Aoyagi 1954, Zool. Mag., Tokyo 63(5): 213, fig. 2. Type locality: Iriomote Island, Ryu-Kyu Islands, Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Palespotted Combtooth Blenny, Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi 1954)

References

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