Ecsenius gravieri, the Red Sea mimic blenny, is a blenny from the Western Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 8 cm in length.[2] The specific name honours the French zoologist Charles Gravier (1865-1937), the collector of the type.[3]

Ecsenius gravieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species:
E. gravieri
Binomial name
Ecsenius gravieri
(Pellegrin, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Salarias gravieri Pellegrin, 1906
  • Ecsenius klausewitzii Lotan, 1970

References edit

  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius gravieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342285A48377693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342285A48377693.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Ecsenius gravieri" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
  3. ^ 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 4 March 2019.