Jugular blenny | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Alloblennius |
Species: | A. jugularis
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Binomial name | |
Alloblennius jugularis (
Klunzinger, 1871)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The jugular blenny (Alloblennius jugularis) is a combtooth blenny (family Blenniidae) found in the western Indian Ocean. [3] Klunzinger originally placed this species in the genus Blennius. [4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater blenny which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Male jugular blennies can reach a maximum standard length of 5 centimetres (1.97 inches). [3] [5] The blennies are oviparous. [6]