Istiblennius is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The generic name is a compound noun composed of istio the Greek for "sail", referring to the high dorsal fin of the type species, Istiblennius muelleri, and blennius which is derived from a word for "mucus" and refers to the scaleless bodies that characterise the Blenniidae.
Species
The 14 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Istiblennius bellus <small>(Günther, 1861)</small> (imspringer)
- Istiblennius colei <small>(Herre, 1934)</small>
- Istiblennius dussumieri <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> (streaky rockskipper)
- Istiblennius edentulus <small>(J. R. Forster & J. G. Schneider, 1801)</small> (rippled rockskipper)
- Istiblennius flaviumbrinus <small>(Rüppell, 1830)</small>
- Istiblennius lineatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> (lined rockskipper)
- Istiblennius meleagris <small>(Valenciennes, 1836)</small> (peacock rockskipper)
- Istiblennius muelleri <small>(Klunzinger, 1879)</small>
- Istiblennius pox <small>V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994</small> (scarface rockskipper)
- Istiblennius rivulatus <small>(Rüppell, 1830)</small>
- Istiblennius spilotus <small>V. G. Springer & J. T. Williams, 1994</small> (spotted rockskipper)
- Istiblennius steindachneri <small>(Pfeffer, 1893)</small>
- Istiblennius unicolor <small>(Rüppell, 1838)</small> (pallid rockskipper)
- Istiblennius zebra <small>(Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)</small> (zebra blenny)
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