Stanulus seychellensis
| Stanulus seychellensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Stanulus |
| Species: | S. seychellensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stanulus seychellensis J. L. B. Smith, 1959 | |
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Stanulus seychellensis, the Seychelle's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. This species feeds primarily off of plants, including benthic algae and weeds. This species can reach a length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) TL. This fish is also found in the aquarium trade.[1]
References
- Smith, J. L. B. 1959 (May): Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 14: 229-252, Pls. 14-18.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stanulus seychellensis" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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