''Antennablennius'' 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 tropical ...

found in the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

, largely in the western regions.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * ''

Antennablennius adenensis ''Antennablennius adenensis'', the Aden blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surf ...

'' Fraser-Brunner, 1951 (Aden blenny) * ''

Antennablennius australis ''Antennablennius australis'', the moustached blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth' ...

'' Fraser-Brunner, 1951 (Moustached rockskipper) * ''

Antennablennius bifilum ''Antennablennius bifilum'', the horned rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean. Like other similar species, its eggs are oviparous (eggs develop outside the female), and its range is from the Persian Gul ...

'' ( Günther, 1861) (Horned rockskipper) * ''

Antennablennius ceylonensis ''Antennablennius ceylonensis'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Indian ocean, around Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, tran ...

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, 1983 * ''

Antennablennius hypenetes ''Antennablennius hypenetes'', the Arabian blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean, from the northern Red Sea to the Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=G ...

'' ( Klunzinger, 1871) (Arabian blenny) * ''

Antennablennius sexfasciatus ''Antennablennius sexfasciatus'' is a species of combtooth blenny which is found in the south western Indian Ocean off South Africa. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q28598902 sexfasciatus Fish described in 1923 ...

'' ( von Bonde, 1923) * ''

Antennablennius simonyi ''Antennablennius simonyi'', Simony's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, from the Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf. The specific name honours the Austrian mathematician and entomologist Oskar Simony (185 ...

'' (

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1902) (Simony's blenny) * ''

Antennablennius variopunctatus ''Antennablennius variopunctatus'', the orange-dotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water o ...

'' (Jatzow &

Lenz Lenz may refer to: Places * Lenasia, Gauteng Province, South Africa, a township often called Lenz * Lantsch/Lenz, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland, a municipality * Lenz, Hood River County, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Lenz, Klamath County, ...

, 1898) (Orange-dotted blenny) * ''

Antennablennius velifer ''Antennablennius velifer'' is a species of combtooth blenny which is found in the western Indian Ocean. Some authorities regard this taxon as a junior synonym of '' Antennablennius variopunctatus''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q25473095 vel ...

J.L.B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long e ...

, 1959

References

Salarinae Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Blenniidae-stub