''Salarias sinuosus'', known commonly as the fringelip blenny or the crinkle-lipped blenny, is a species of
combtooth blenny found in
coral reefs in the
Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of
TL.
Description
A small fish, with maximum recorded size of about 6 cm. Body depth about 5.0 to 5,8 in length, supraorbital
cirri
Giovanni Battista Cirri (1 October 1724 – 11 June 1808) was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century.
Biography
Cirri was born in Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy. He had his first musical training with his brother ...
long and unbranched, small cirri at nape. Lower lip margin smooth, upper lip crenulated. Dorsal fin notched between spiny and rayed sections, dorsal and anal fins attached to base of caudal fin by a membrane. Adult males have elongated anterior rays on the anal fin. Colour variable. Sides and back brown with eight darker brown bars and a row of small blue spots with dark outlines. The belly is reddish with four rows of closely spaced elongated whitish spots.
Distribution
Western Pacific
Habitat
Usually seen on tidal pools on coral reefs.
References
sinuosus
Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder
Fish described in 1908
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