''Meiacanthus'' is a genus of
combtooth blennies
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 tropica ...
found in the western
Pacific and
Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the
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 ...
trade and several are
venomous. The genus name ''Meiacanthus'' is derived from the
Greek ''meion'' meaning "less" and ''akantha'' meaning "thorn" and refers to most species having relatively few
dorsal fin spines.
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Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:Meiacanthus abditus
The upside-down harptail blenny (''Meiacanthus abditus'') is a species of combtooth blenny found around the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( ...
'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* ''Meiacanthus abruptus
''Meiacanthus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the aquarium trade and several are venomous. The genus name ''Meiacanthus'' is derived from the Gr ...
'' Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
* ''Meiacanthus anema
''Meiacanthus anema'', the threadless blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in Asia and Oceania. This species grows to a length of SL. This venomous species can also be found in the aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums' ...
'' (Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
''Meiacanthus atrodorsalis'', the forktail blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. This species grows to a length of TL. This venomous species can also be found in the aquarium
An aqu ...
'' ( Günther, 1877) (Forktail blenny)
* ''Meiacanthus bundoon
''Meiacanthus bundoon'', the Bundoon blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the Pacific Ocean where it is known from Fiji and Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polyne ...
'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Bundoon blenny)
* '' Meiacanthus crinitus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* ''Meiacanthus cyanopterus
''Meiacanthus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the aquarium trade and several are venomous. The genus name ''Meiacanthus'' is derived from the Gr ...
'' Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
* '' Meiacanthus ditrema'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (One-striped poison-fang blenny)
* ''Meiacanthus erdmanni
''Meiacanthus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the aquarium trade and several are venomous. The genus name ''Meiacanthus'' is derived from the Gr ...
'' Smith-Vaniz & G. R. Allen, 2011
* ''Meiacanthus fraseri
''Meiacanthus fraseri'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, around Cargados Carajos. This species grows to a length of SL. Its specific name honours Thomas H. Fraser of the Mote Marine Laboratory who collecte ...
'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976
* ''Meiacanthus geminatus
''Meiacanthus geminatus'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific Ocean where it is known from Darvel Bay, Borneo and Palawan, Philippines. This species grows to a length of SL.
References
External links
* In ...
'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976
* ''Meiacanthus grammistes
''Meiacanthus grammistes'' the striped blenny, also called the striped fang blenny, grammistes blenny, line-spot harptail blenny or striped poison-fang blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the western Pacific Ocean. The fish stays in th ...
'' ( Valenciennes, 1836) (Striped poison-fang blenny)
* ''Meiacanthus kamoharai
''Meiacanthus kamoharai'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean, around southern Japan. This species grows to a length of TL.
Etymology
The specific name honours the Japanese ichthyologist
I ...
'' Tomiyama, 1956
* ''Meiacanthus limbatus
''Meiacanthus limbatus'', the Manus fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), offi ...
'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* ''Meiacanthus lineatus
''Meiacanthus lineatus'', the lined fangblenny, is a venomous species of combtooth blenny found in the Great Barrier Reef in the western Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It ...
'' ( De Vis, 1884) (Lined fangblenny)
* '' Meiacanthus luteus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987 (Yellow fangbelly)
* '' Meiacanthus mossambicus'' J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1959 (Mozambique fangblenny)
* '' Meiacanthus naevius'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* '' Meiacanthus nigrolineatus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1969 (Blackline fangblenny)
* ''Meiacanthus oualanensis
''Meiacanthus oualanensis'', the canary fangblenny, is a blenny from the Western Central Pacific where it is only known from Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an ...
'' ( Günther, 1880)
* '' Meiacanthus phaeus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976
* '' Meiacanthus procne'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976
* '' Meiacanthus reticulatus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976
* '' Meiacanthus smithi'' Klausewitz, 1962 (Disco blenny)
* ''Meiacanthus tongaensis
''Meiacanthus tongaensis'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific ocean where it is only known from Tonga. This species grows to a length of SL.
References
tongaensis
Fish described in 1987
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'' ( Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* '' Meiacanthus urostigma'' Smith-Vaniz, Satapoomin & G. R. Allen, 2001
* '' Meiacanthus vicinus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1987
* '' Meiacanthus vittatus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (One-striped fangblenny)
References
Blenniinae
Marine fish genera
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