''Ecsenius alleni'', known commonly as the Allen's blenny,"Marine fishes of tropical Australia and South-East Asia ''A field guide for anglers and divers''", by Gerald R. Allen, Roger Swainston, Jill Ruse. Published by Australian Museum, 1997 / is a species of

combtooth blenny Combtooth blennies are blenny, blenniiformids; Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the Order (biology), order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Com ...

in the genus ''

Ecsenius ''Ecsenius'' is a large genus of fish in the family Blenniidae. Several species, including ''Ecsenius midas'', the Midas blenny, and ''Ecsenius bicolor'', the bicolor blenny, are commonly sold at aquarium stores as pets. Species There are curren ...

''. It is found in

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s in the eastern

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, specifically in western

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. It can reach a maximum length of 3.4 centimetres. The blennies feed primarily off of plants and

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. The

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honours the

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

Gerald R. Allen.

References

alleni Fish described in 1988 Taxa named by Victor G. Springer {{Blenniidae-stub