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in the family Blenniidae. Several species, including ''Ecsenius midas'', the Midas blenny, and ''Ecsenius bicolor'', the bicolor blenny, are commonly sold at aquarium stores as pets.

Species

There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ecsenius aequalis'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Fourline blenny) * '' Ecsenius alleni'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius aroni'' V. G. Springer, 1971 (Aron's blenny) * '' Ecsenius australianus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Australian blenny) * ''

Ecsenius axelrodi ''Ecsenius axelrodi'', known commonly as the Axelrod's clown blenny or the Axelrod's combtooth blenny, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies. It is found in shallow water on coral reefs in the western c ...

'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Axelrod's clown blenny) * '' Ecsenius bandanus'' V. G. Springer, 1971 (Banda comb-tooth) * '' Ecsenius bathi'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Bath's comb-tooth) * ''

Ecsenius bicolor ''Ecsenius bicolor'', commonly known as the flame tail blenny or bicolor blenny, is a blenny from the Indo-Pacific. It frequently makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in length. References External links

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'' ( F. Day, 1888) (Bicolor blenny) * '' Ecsenius bimaculatus'' V. G. Springer, 1971 * '' Ecsenius caeruliventris'' V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004 (Bluebelly blenny) * '' Ecsenius collettei'' V. G. Springer, 1972 (Collete's blenny) * '' Ecsenius dentex'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius dilemma'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius fijiensis'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius fourmanoiri'' V. G. Springer, 1972 * '' Ecsenius frontalis'' (

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, 1836) (Smooth-fin blenny) * '' Ecsenius gravieri'' ( Pellegrin, 1906) (Red Sea mimic blenny) * '' Ecsenius isos''

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& V. G. Springer, 1976 * '' Ecsenius kurti'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius lineatus'' Klausewitz, 1962 (Linear blenny) * '' Ecsenius lividanalis'' W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Blue-head combtooth-blenny) * '' Ecsenius lubbocki'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Lubbock's combtooth-blenny) * '' Ecsenius mandibularis''

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, 1923 (Queensland blenny) * '' Ecsenius melarchus''

& V. G. Springer, 1976 (Yellow-eyed comb-tooth) * '' Ecsenius midas''

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, 1969 (Persian blenny) * '' Ecsenius minutus'' Klausewitz, 1963 * '' Ecsenius monoculus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius nalolo''

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, 1959 (Nalolo) * '' Ecsenius namiyei'' ( D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902) (Black comb-tooth) * '' Ecsenius niue'' V. G. Springer, 2002 * '' Ecsenius oculatus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius oculus'' V. G. Springer, 1971 (Ocular blenny) * '' Ecsenius ops'' V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001 * '' Ecsenius opsifrontalis'' W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Comical blenny) * ''

Ecsenius pardus ''Ecsenius pardus'' is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus '' Ecsenius''. It is found in the western Pacific ocean, around Fiji. It can reach a maximum length of 4.8 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, inclu ...

'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius paroculus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius pictus''

& V. G. Springer, 1976 (White-lined comb-tooth) * '' Ecsenius polystictus'' V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1999 * '' Ecsenius portenoyi'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius prooculis'' W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 * '' Ecsenius pulcher'' ( J. A. Murray, 1887) * '' Ecsenius randalli'' V. G. Springer, 1991 * '' Ecsenius schroederi''

& V. G. Springer, 1976 * '' Ecsenius sellifer'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Saddle blenny) * '' Ecsenius shirleyae'' V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004 * '' Ecsenius stictus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Great Barrier Reef blenny) * '' Ecsenius stigmatura'' Fowler, 1952 * '' Ecsenius taeniatus'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius tessera'' V. G. Springer, 1988 * '' Ecsenius tigris'' V. G. Springer, 1988 (Tiger blenny) * '' Ecsenius tricolor'' V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001 * '' Ecsenius trilineatus'' V. G. Springer, 1972 (Three-lined blenny) * '' Ecsenius yaeyamaensis'' ( Aoyagi, 1954) (Yaeyama blenny)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2701209 Salarinae Taxa named by Allan Riverstone McCulloch Marine fish genera