Aspidontus dussumieri

Aspidontus dussumieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Aspidontus
Species:
A. dussumieri
Binomial name
Aspidontus dussumieri
(Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Blennechis dussumieri Valenciennes, 1836
  • Petroscirtes fluctuans Weber, 1909
  • Aspidontus fluctuans (Weber, 1909)
  • Petroscirtes gorrorensis Herre, 1936
  • Aspidontus gorrorensis (Herre, 1936)
  • Aspidontus wamiziensis J.L.B. Smith, 1959

Aspidontus dussumieri, the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] The specific name honours the French explorer and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).[3]

References

  1. ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Aspidontus dussumieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342525A48371246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342525A48371246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspidontus dussumieri". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  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 24 March 2019.


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