Aquaculture applications of the Family Blenniidae
EDIS, 2020 Marine ornamental fish production is still in its infancy compared with its freshwater ornamental counterpart. With ~1,800 wild caught fish species imported into the US each year, there is clear need for the expansion of marine ornamental production to ...
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Clarifying the taxonomy of some cryptic blennies (Blenniidae) in their native and introduced range [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Omobranchus punctatus is native to the Indo-Pacific region and invasive in the Atlantic region, currently being considered one of the most widely distributed blenny species. However, recent molecular studies indicated that O.
M. Pilar Cabezas +9 more
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The genome sequence of the butterfly blenny, Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a specimen of Blennius ocellaris (the butterfly blenny; Chordata; Actinopteri; Blenniiformes; Blenniidae). The genome sequence spans 728.70 megabases.
Vengamanaidu Modepalli +2 more
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First record of Scartella itajobi Rangel and Mendes, 2009 (Perciformes: Blenniidae) from São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2011 This article presents the first record of the blenniid Scartella itajobi in the São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago, located off the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil. As a result, the species distribution is extended 610 km northeast.
Paulo Augusto Filho +3 more
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Revalidation of the genus Ichthyocoris Bonaparte, 1840 (Actinopterygii: Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2022 Combtooth blennies belonging to the genus Salaria were known to have marine and freshwater species. However, recent molecular studies highlighted this genus as paraphyletic, clearly distinguishing both marine and freshwater species.
Emma Duquenne-Delobel +2 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020 Here, we present the first reliable record of the Bluestriped fangblenny, Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos in Korea, based on two specimens (65.9–67.1 mm in standard length) collected at a depth of 12 m in the southern coastal waters of Jejudo Island.
Jung-Hyun An +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA of Sardinian and North-West Italian Populations Revealed a New Piece in the Mosaic of Phylogeography and Phylogeny of Salariopsis fluviatilis (Blenniidae) [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The genus Salariopsis (Blenniidae) comprises freshwater blenny fish that inhabits Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and north-east Atlantic areas. Three species were formally described to date: Salariopsis fluviatilis. S. economidisi, and S. atlantica.
Ilenia Azzena +9 more
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Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2007 The present study provides the first large scale survey on intertidal ichthyofauna along the coastline of Iran from Gawater Bay (Border of Pakistan) in the Gulf of Oman to ArvandKenar (Border of Iraq) in the Persian Gulf.
M. Ghanbarifardi, M. Malek
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Diversity, 2022 Seagrass beds provide critical nursery habitats and spawning grounds for new generations of fish. The habitats are under threat from human activities and climate change, and with that, an important ocean service is lost that limits fish production.
James M. Mwaluma +7 more
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Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Included among the currently recognized 23 species of combtooth blennies of the genus Cirripectes (Blenniiformes: Blenniidae) of the Indo-Pacific are the Hawaiian endemic C. vanderbilti, and the widespread C. variolosus.
Mykle L. Hoban, Jeffrey T. Williams
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