Ecsenius pulcher

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Blenniidae
Genus: Ecsenius
Species: Ecsenius pulcher

Name

Ecsenius pulcher (Murray, 1887)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1887.9.22.59-60.
  • Lectotype designated by Springer 1988
• Paralectotypes: BMNH 1887.9.22.59-60.

Type locality: Manora Rocks, Karachi, Pakistan.

Synonyms

• Salarias pulcher Murray, 1887
• Salarias phantasticus Boulenger, 1897
• Salarias anomalus Regan, 1905

Vernacular names

English: Gulf Blenny

References

• Attaran-Farimani, G., Estekani, S., Springer, V.G., Crimmen, O., Johnson, G.D. & Baldwin, C.C. 2016. Validation of the synonymy of the teleost blenniid fish species Salarias phantasticus Boulenger 1897 and Salarias anomalus Regan 1905 with Ecsenius pulcher (Murray 1887) based on DNA barcoding and morphology. Zootaxa 4072(2): 171–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.2 Reference page. 
• Murray, J.A. 1887. New species of fish from Kurrachee and the Persian Gulf. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 2(1): 47–49. Reference page. 
• Springer, V.G. 1988. The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 465: i–iv + 1–134, Pls. 1–14. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.465 Reference page. 

Links

• Ecsenius pulcher in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Ecsenius pulcher in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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