Istiblennius | |
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Rippled Rockskipper (I. edentulus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Subfamily: | Salarinae |
Genus: | Istiblennius Whitley, 1943 |
Type species | |
Salarias muelleri Klunzinger, 1879[1]
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Istiblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The generic name is a compound noun composed of istio the Greek for "sail", referring to the high dorsal fin of the type species, Istiblennius muelleri, and blennius which is derived from a word for "mucus" and refers to the scaleless bodies that characterise the Blenniidae.[2]
The 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]