Istiblennius Explained

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.^[1]

Species

The 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861) (imspringer)
• Istiblennius colei (Herre, 1934)
• Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) (streaky rockskipper)
• Istiblennius edentulus (J. R. Forster & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (rippled rockskipper)
• Istiblennius flaviumbrinus (Rüppell, 1830)
• Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (lined rockskipper)
• Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836) (peacock rockskipper)
• Istiblennius muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
• Istiblennius pox V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994 (scarface rockskipper)
• Istiblennius rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)
• Istiblennius spilotus V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994 (spotted rockskipper)
• Istiblennius steindachneri (Pfeffer, 1893)
• Istiblennius unicolor (Rüppell, 1838) (pallid rockskipper)
• Istiblennius zebra (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (zebra blenny)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 10 March 2019 . 26 October 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.