Ecsenius
Ecsenius australianus, Australian Blenny
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Ecsenius McCulloch, 1923
Type species
Ecsenius mandibularis McCulloch, 1923

Ecsenius is a large genus of fish in the family Blenniidae. Several species, including Ecsenius midas, the Midas blenny, and Ecsenius bicolor, the bicolor blenny, are commonly sold at aquarium stores as pets.^[1]

Species

There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Ecsenius aequalis V. G. Springer, 1988 (Fourline blenny)
• Ecsenius alleni V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius aroni V. G. Springer, 1971 (Aron's blenny)
• Ecsenius australianus V. G. Springer, 1988 (Australian blenny)
• Ecsenius axelrodi V. G. Springer, 1988 (Axelrod's clown blenny)
• Ecsenius bandanus V. G. Springer, 1971 (Banda comb-tooth)
• Ecsenius bathi V. G. Springer, 1988 (Bath's comb-tooth)
• Ecsenius bicolor (F. Day, 1888) (Bicolor blenny)
• Ecsenius bimaculatus V. G. Springer, 1971
• Ecsenius caeruliventris V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004 (Bluebelly blenny)
• Ecsenius collettei V. G. Springer, 1972 (Collete's blenny)
• Ecsenius dentex V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius dilemma V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius fijiensis V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius fourmanoiri V. G. Springer, 1972
• Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes, 1836) (Smooth-fin blenny)
• Ecsenius gravieri (Pellegrin, 1906) (Red Sea mimic blenny)
• Ecsenius isos McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976
• Ecsenius kurti V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius lineatus Klausewitz, 1962 (Linear blenny)
• Ecsenius lividanalis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Blue-head combtooth-blenny)
• Ecsenius lubbocki V. G. Springer, 1988 (Lubbock's combtooth-blenny)
• Ecsenius mandibularis McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland blenny)
• Ecsenius melarchus McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976 (Yellow-eyed comb-tooth)
• Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969 (Persian blenny)
• Ecsenius minutus Klausewitz, 1963
• Ecsenius monoculus V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius nalolo J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Nalolo)
• Ecsenius namiyei (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902) (Black comb-tooth)
• Ecsenius niue V. G. Springer, 2002
• Ecsenius oculatus V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius oculus V. G. Springer, 1971 (Ocular blenny)
• Ecsenius ops V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001
• Ecsenius opsifrontalis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952 (Comical blenny)
• Ecsenius pardus V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius paroculus V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius pictus McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976 (White-lined comb-tooth)
• Ecsenius polystictus V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1999
• Ecsenius portenoyi V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius prooculis W. M. Chapman & L. P. Schultz, 1952
• Ecsenius pulcher (J. A. Murray, 1887)
• Ecsenius randalli V. G. Springer, 1991
• Ecsenius schroederi McKinney & V. G. Springer, 1976
• Ecsenius sellifer V. G. Springer, 1988 (Saddle blenny)
• Ecsenius shirleyae V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2004
• Ecsenius stictus V. G. Springer, 1988 (Great Barrier Reef blenny)
• Ecsenius stigmatura Fowler, 1952
• Ecsenius taeniatus V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius tessera V. G. Springer, 1988
• Ecsenius tigris V. G. Springer, 1988 (Tiger blenny)
• Ecsenius tricolor V. G. Springer & G. R. Allen, 2001
• Ecsenius trilineatus V. G. Springer, 1972 (Three-lined blenny)
• Ecsenius yaeyamaensis (Aoyagi, 1954) (Yaeyama blenny)

References

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