Istiblennius

Istiblennius
Rippled Rockskipper (I. edentulus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Salarinae
Genus: Istiblennius
Whitley, 1943
Type species
Salarias muelleri
Klunzinger, 1879[1]

Istiblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The generic name is a compound noun composed of istio the Greek for "sail", referring to the high dorsal fin of the type species, Istiblennius muelleri, and blennius which is derived from a word for "mucus" and refers to the scaleless bodies that characterise the Blenniidae.[2]

Species

The 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Istiblennius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Istiblennius". FishBase. February 2013 version.


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