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Rhabdoblennius
Sign in to saveRhabdoblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific Ocean, mostly in the western Pacific. 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.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Rhabdoblennius, and connects out to Blenniidae, Animalia and Pacific Ocean.
It is catalogued under topics including Rhabdoblennius, Salarinae and Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Barred-chin Blenny
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyBlenniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 131
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Collections
- UWFC, USNM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, French Polynesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tokelau, Kiribati
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- Parent taxon
- Blenniidae
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Rhabdoblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific Ocean, mostly in the western Pacific. 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.
==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Rhabdoblennius nigropunctatus Bath, 2004 Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther, 1861) (Barred-chin blenny) Rhabdoblennius papuensis Bath, 2004 Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler & Ball, 1924) (Barchin blenny) Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler, 1928) (Snow's rockskipper)
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