Ecsenius tricolor

Ecsenius tricolor
Ecsenius tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species: E. tricolor
Binomial name
Ecsenius tricolor
Springer & Allen, 2001

Ecsenius tricolor, known commonly as the Derawan combtooth-blenny in Indonesia,[1] is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius.[2] It is found in the western central Pacific ocean, around the Philippines and Borneo.[2] It was named by Victor Gruschka Springer and Gerald R. Allen in 2001,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds.[4]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Ecsenius tricolor at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Ecsenius tricolor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Springer, V. G. and G. R. Allen 2001. Ecsenius ops, from Indonesia, and E. tricolor from western Philippines and northwestern Kalimantan, new species of blenniid fishes in the stigmatura species group. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 4): 151-160.
  4. ^ Food items for Ecsenius tricolor at www.fishbase.org.
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