''Aspidontus dussumieri'', the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of
combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropic ...
found in
coral reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of Colony (biology), colonies of coral polyp (zoology), polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, wh ...
in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours the French people, French explorer and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).
References
Aspidontus, dussumieri
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
Fish described in 1836
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