About this species
The East Indian lipsucker, Andamia heteroptera is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Christmas Island.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Andamia heteroptera”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Black Lipsucker, East Indian Lipsucker
Other scientific names: Salarias heteroptera, Salarias heteropterus
Similar species
- New Guinea Lipsucker
Andamia cyclocheilus
- Rey's Lipsucker
Andamia reyi
- Four-fingered Lipsucker
Andamia tetradactylus
Mimic blennyAspidontus taeniatus
Black BlennyAtrosalarias holomelas
Bluespotted BlennyBlenniella chrysospilos
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 4 open-data records from 1857 to 1857.
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