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Jugular blenny

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Species of fish

Jugular blenny
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
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. ^ Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Klunzinger, C.B., 1871 Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21: 441-688.
  5. Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishwise.co.za.
  6. Reproduction of Alloblennius jugularis at www.fishbase.org.

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Taxon identifiers
Alloblennius jugularis


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