''Enchelyurus'' 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 ...

found in the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

and

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

Species

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

Enchelyurus ater ''Enchelyurus ater'', the black blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean i ...

'' ( Günther, 1877) (Black blenny) * ''

Enchelyurus brunneolus ''Enchelyurus brunneolus'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific ocean, around Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwe ...

'' ( O. P. Jenkins, 1903) * ''

Enchelyurus flavipes ''Enchelyurus flavipes'', the yellowfin blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny from the western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Ar ...

'' W. K. H. Peters, 1868 * ''

Enchelyurus kraussii ''Enchelyurus kraussii'', Krauss' blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. This species grows to a length of SL. The specific name honours the German scientist, traveller and colle ...

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

Enchelyurus petersi ''Enchelyurus petersi'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, in the Red Sea. This species grows to a length of SL. The specific name honours the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883) who named ...

'' ( Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)

References

Blenniinae Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Marine fish genera {{Blenniidae-stub