Blackstriped Combtooth Blenny
Ecsenius fourmanoiri
- Usual depth5–18 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, November, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Ecsenius fourmanoiri, the blackstriped combtooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in the western Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 4.9 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of benthic algae and weeds. The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Pierre Fourmanoir (1924-2007), who collected the first specimens of this species and realised that it had not been described.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ecsenius fourmanoiri”, 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: 9 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–18 m · Deepest record: 18.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Blackstriped Combtooth Blenny
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Blennie de Fourmanoir
Similar species
Bicolor BlennyEcsenius bicolor
Great Barrier Reef BlennyEcsenius stictus
Coral BlennyEcsenius yaeyamaensis
Fourline BlennyEcsenius aequalis
Aron's blennyEcsenius aroni
Australian BlennyEcsenius australianus
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).
- 172 open-data records from 1971 to 2015.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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