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Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Yaeyama clown blenny; Yaeyama blenny; Pale-spotted combtooth-blenny)

Synonyms: Ecsenius yaeyamaenis; Ecsenius yaeyamensis; Salarias yaeyamaensis
Language: Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Vietnamese

Wikipedia Abstract

Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, known commonly as the Yaeyama blenny in Guam and Micronesia, and also known as the Yaeyama clown blenny in Micronesia, or the Pale-spotted combtooth-blenny in Indonesia, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. It can reach a maximum length of 6 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds, and are commercial aquarium fish.
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Predators

Fistularia commersonii (Bluespotted cornetfish)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0