Australian Combtooth Blenny (species: Ecsenius australianus) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Ecsenius australianus
Australian Combtooth Blenny


©Rick Stuart-Smith: Ecsenius australianus, Lizard Island area

©Penny Berents: Ecsenius australianus on the outer slope of Yonge Reef.

©Alex Vail: Ecsenius australianus at No Name Reef near Lizard Island
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Blenniidae
Genus Ecsenius
Species Ecsenius australianus

Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (Measured as the total length of the fish: the length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.) - applies to Maximum male length

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Goatley, C.H.R., A. González-Cabello and D.R. Bellwood (2016). Reef-scale partitioning of cryptobenthic fish assemblages across the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 544: 271-280. LIRS catalog number 2039.
  • Syms, C. (1998). Habitat association, disturbance dynamics, and the role of spatial scale in structuring coral reef fish assemblages, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 533.