Rhabdoblennius

Rhabdoblennius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Rhabdoblennius; Whitley, 1930
Type species
	Blennius rhabdotrachelus; Fowler & Ball, 1924

Rhabdoblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific Ocean, mostly in the western Pacific.^[2] The name of this genus is derived from the Greek word rhabdos meaning "stick" or "rod" and blennius meaning "mucus", referring to the absence of scales on the body of blennies.^[3]

Species[]

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Rhabdoblennius nigropunctatus , 2004
Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther, 1861) (Barred-chin blenny)
Rhabdoblennius papuensis , 2004
Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler & , 1924) (Barchin blenny)
Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler, 1928) (Snow's rockskipper)

References[]

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rhabdoblennius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Rhabdoblennius in FishBase. February 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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[1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rhabdoblennius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Rhabdoblennius in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[ETYFish2-3] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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