Jugular blenny

Jugular blenny
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alloblennius
Species: A. jugularis
Binomial name
Alloblennius jugularis
(Klunzinger, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Blennius jugularis Klunzinger, 1871
  • Glyptoparus jugularis (Klunzinger, 1871)

The jugular blenny (Alloblennius jugularis) is a combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) found in the western Indian Ocean.[2] Klunzinger originally placed this species in the genus Blennius.[3] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater blenny which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Male jugular blennies can reach a maximum standard length of 5 centimetres (1.97 inches).[2][4] The blennies are oviparous.[5]

References

  1. Synonyms of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Klunzinger, C.B., 1871 [ref. 2622] Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21: 441-688.
  4. Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishwise.co.za.
  5. Reproduction of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.


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