''Andamia expansa'' is a species of
combtooth blenny which is known from a few specimens from the eastern
Indian Ocean
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, with the type being collected in the
Andaman Islands.
[Patzner, R.A., E.J. Gonçalves, P.A. Hastings and B.G. Kapoor, 2009. The biology of blennies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, 482 p.] The
IUCN
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rate it as
Data Deficient because its taxonomy is unclear.
It forms pairs and lays adhesive eggs on the substrates.
References
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expansa
Taxa named by Edward Blyth
Fish described in 1858