''Ecsenius pictus'', known commonly as the white-lined comb-tooth in
Indonesia and the pictus blenny in
Micronesia, is a species of
combtooth blenny family Blenniidae.
The white-lined comb-tooth is found in
coral reefs in the central
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
area and especially in
Indonesia,
Philippines and
Solomon Islands.
It can reach a maximum length of 5 cm.
Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including
benthic
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...
algae
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and weeds,
Food items for ''Ecsenius pictus''
at www.fishbase.org. and are commercial aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
fish.[Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae: Salariini).](_blank)
McKinney, J. F. and V. G. Springer 1976 (28 Sept.) Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 236.
References
External links
*http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277676
*
pictus
Fish described in 1976
Taxa named by Victor G. Springer
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