Jugular blenny

Jugular blenny
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Alloblennius
Species:
A. jugularis
Binomial name
Alloblennius jugularis
(Klunzinger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Blennius jugularis Klunzinger, 1871
  • Glyptoparus jugularis (Klunzinger, 1871)

The jugular blenny (Alloblennius jugularis) is a combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) found in the western Indian Ocean. Klunzinger originally placed this species in the genus Blennius. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater blenny which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Male jugular blennies can reach a maximum standard length of 5 centimetres (1.97 inches). The blennies are oviparous.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Alloblennius jugularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T48320326A48356759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48320326A48356759.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Synonyms of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Klunzinger, C.B., 1871 [ref. 2622] Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21: 441-688.
  5. ↑ Alloblennius jugularis[link removed] at www.fishwise.co.za.
  6. ↑ Reproduction of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.