''Ecsenius pardus'' 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 ...

in the genus '' Ecsenius''. It is found in the western

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ocean, around

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. It can reach a maximum length of 4.8 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including

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and weeds.

References

* Springer, V. G. 1988 (14 Sept.) ''The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius.'' Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 465: i-iv + 1–134, col. Pls. 1–14. pardus Fish described in 1988 Taxa named by Victor G. Springer {{Blenniidae-stub