''Aspidontus'' is a genus of
combtooth blennies
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 tropica ...
found in the
Pacific and
Indian ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
s.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Aspidontus dussumieri''
(Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1836) (Lance blenny)
* ''
Aspidontus taeniatus''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (False cleanerfish)
* ''
Aspidontus tractus''
Fowler, 1903
References
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
Blenniinae
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