Medusa Blenny, Cirrisalarias bunares Springer 1976
Other Names: Hairy Blenny
A Medusa Blenny, Cirrisalarias bunares, at Ani Island, Ogasawara, Japan, depth 1.2m.. Source: orangkucing / http://orangkucing.tumblr.com/. License: CC by Attribution-ShareAlike
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Dianne J. Bray, Cirrisalarias bunares in Fishes of Australia, accessed 12 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4978
Medusa Blenny, Cirrisalarias bunares Springer 1976
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Distribution |
Recorded from the Australian territory of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Inhabits surge channels, tide pools and the upper edge of outer reef slopes in 0-5 m. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the Indo-west-central pacific. |
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Etymology |
The specific name bunares is from the Latin prefix bu- (large) and nares (nostris) in reference to the large nostrils of this species. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Medusa Blenny, Cirrisalarias bunares Springer 1976
References
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Australia. 197 pp.
Springer, V.G. 1976. Cirrisalarias bunares, new genus and species of blenniid fish from the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(13): 199-203. PDF at BHL
Williams, J.T. 2014. Cirrisalarias bunares. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342287A48371061. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342287A48371061.en. Downloaded on 04 June 2016.
