''Alloblennius'' is a genus of
combtooth blennies
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropic ...
(family Blenniidae) found in the western
[ and northeastern ]Indian Ocean
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.[''Alloblennius frondiculus'', a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini)](_blank)
by William F. Smith-Vaniz and Gerald R. Allen, 2012. Zootaxa
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Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:Lotan
Lotan (Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎚𐎐 ''LTN'', meaning "coiled"), also transliterated Lôtān, Litan, or Litānu, is a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic '' Baal Cycle''.
Lotan seems to have been p ...
, 1969)
References
External links
''Alloblennius''
at WoRMS
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Content
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''Alloblennius''
at the Encyclopedia of Life
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Salarinae
Taxa named by Victor G. Springer
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