Peruvian Register of Marine Species
PeRMS source details
Hyporhamphus Gill, 1859 (additional source)
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 (basis of record)
Red Sea for Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Red Sea for Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
Red Sea for Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Red Sea for Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838
Red Sea for Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
Red Sea for Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Red Sea for Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Occurs on rocky shores, often out of water; has phenominal leaping ability<307>. [details]
Symbiotic with alpheid shrimps <307>. [details]
Symbiotic with alpheid shrimps<307>. [details]
Generally found in silty reef habitats (Randall, 1992). [details]
Limited data suggest that this species feeds mainly on algae and detritus<307>. [details]
An amazing mimic of the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus, not only in colour but behaviour. There is a dual ... [details]
Found along sandy-rocky shores, often in tidepools<307>. [details]
May be seen in seagrass beds as well as on coral reefs and rocky sea bottom.<307>. [details]
Small species; very secretive; comes into the open only briefly to move from one hole of the reef to the next<307>. [details]
Usually seen over bottoms of coral rubble. Feeds on zooplankton. Males maintain harems.<307>. [details]
Symbiotic with alpheid shrimps<307>. [details]
Lives symbiotically with alpheid shrimps<307>. [details]
A common species on sand in 1 to 15m. Symbiotic with alpheid shrimps<307>. [details]
A shallow-water species found along exposed rocky shores. [details]
A small species; more secretive and deeper-dwelling (to at least 35m) than most other Ecsenius. [details]
A mimic of Meiacanthus nigolineatus (Sabretooth blenny) with venomous fangs. The mimic not only closely matches ... [details]
Feeds principally on coral polyps; seems to maintain a territory of Acropora coral. Often seen in pairs<307>. [details]
Prefer muddy flats bordering steep slopes; feeds on passing planktonic organisms <316>. [details]
Endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Randall<307>. [details]
The young are cleaners; adults appear to feed primarily on coral polyps <307>. [details]
Defends a relatively small territory of coral (Often plate-like Acropora); feeds on the polyps (but without killing ... [details]
Predaceous fishes learn to avoid this species due to its venomous bite.Mimicked by two other blennies<307>. [details]
Forms aggregations which feed on zooplankton well above the coral reefs <307>. [details]
Occurs in aggregations. Feeds on zooplankton. Males maintain harems<307>. [details]
Usually seen over silty sand bottoms or seagrass beds <307>. [details]
Feeds on zooplankton and retreats to coral for shelter <307>. [details]
The typical habitat is small coral heads or dead coral rock on silty sand<307> [details]
Found in seagrass beds or on algal flats and coral reefs<307> [details]
Known only from the Gulf of Aqaba ; Closely related to C. axillaris (Bennett) <307> [details]
Originally described as a subspecies of the Pacific A. melanurus Bleeker<307>. [details]
Blennechis filamentosus is a synonym based on the prejuvenile stage<307> [details]
Related to the Indo-Malayan C. leptocephalus<307> [details]
This polymorphic form of E. frontalis is dark brown to black with a white caudal fin<307>. [details]
A polymorphic species; this one is bluish on the head and anterior body, shading to orange-yellow posterioly and on ... [details]
Sometimes classifed in the genus Chaetodon<307>. Authority given as (Ehrenberg) in <311>. [details]
Species subtropical; only recently distinguished from H. acuminatus (Linnaeus) which is more tropical<307> [details]
Closely related to the Indian Ocean H. xanthurus Bennett. Often classified in Apolemichthys<307>. [details]
This species has long been misidentified as L. miniatus (Bloch & Schneider) <307> [details]
Sometimes classifed in the genus Chaetodon. Often identified as M. strigangulus (Gmelin) but this name is invalid <307>. [details]
Close relative of P. Fridmani in Randall <307>. [details]
Closely related to the Indian Ocean species S. russelii Cuvier & Valenciennes<307>. [details]
A close relative of the Indo-Pacific S. chrysopterus, some authors regard albicaudatus as a subspecies of chrysopterus<307>. [details]
Sometimes classified in genus Rhinesomus<307>. [details]
Spelled Hyporamphus in Smith & Smith 1963 <130>, and Bock 1975 <355>. [details]
Synonym described from the terminal male [details]
Synonym based on the female phase. [details]