''Medusablennius'' is a

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genus of combtooth blenny, its only member being ''Medusablennius chani'', which is known only from a single reef in the

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. It was recorded from surge channels in tidal flats. This species is characterised by having numerous cirii on its head which is why Springer named the genus after the gorgon Medusa, while the

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honours William L. Chan who noted that the

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was likely to be a species new to science.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21078702 Salarinae Fish described in 1966