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Istiblennius edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801) 
AphiaID: 219294

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Salariinae (Subfamily) > Istiblennius (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Istiblennius Whitley, 1943
Synonymised
taxa
  Alticops edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801)
Blennius cinereus Castelnau, 1875
Blennius edentulus Forster & Schneider, 1801
Blennius truncatus Forster, 1801
Istiblennius edentululus (Forster & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
Istiblennius enosimae (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Istilbennius edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
Salarias atratus Macleay, 1882
Salarias atrimarginatus Fowler, 1946
Salarias azureus Seale, 1906
Salarias diproktopterus Bleeker, 1857
Salarias fluctatus Fowler, 1945
Salarias garmani Jordan & Seale, 1906
Salarias gilberti Bryan & Herre, 1903
Salarias insulae Ogilby, 1899
Salarias marcusi Bryan & Herre, 1903
Salarias melanocephalus Bleeker, 1849
Salarias quadricornis Valenciennes, 1836
Salarias rechingeri Steindachner, 1906
Salarias sindonis Jordan & Seale, 1906
Salarias sumatranus Bleeker, 1851
Scartella enosimae (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
Scartichthys basiliscus Fowler, 1904
Scartichthys enosimae Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English rippled rockskipper  [details]
English rockskipper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Occurs along the water line of rocky areas with slight to moderate wave action. Hides in cracks or holes when not feeding. Jumps out of the water in energetic skippings to another pool when pursued (Ref. 2158). [details]

Remark: In Bloch & Schneider. Author from Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Authority given as (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in Randall<307>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219294
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Istiblennius edentulus (Forster & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219294 on 2013-05-21
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