Black Comb-tooth
Ecsenius namiyei
- Usual depth3–21 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, July, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Ecsenius namiyei, commonly called black comb-tooth blenny or Namiye's coralblenny, is a species of marine fish in the family Blenniidae. The specific name honours the Japanese zoologist and museum curator Motoyoshi Namiye (1854–1915).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ecsenius namiyei”, 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: 21 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 33 records
- April: 25 records
- May: 27 records
- June: 24 records
- July: 30 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 43 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 27 records
- December: 18 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–21 m · Deepest record: 35.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
- English
- Black Comb-tooth, Black Combtooth Blenny, Namiye's Blenny, Namiye's Combtooth Blenny, Yellowtail Blenny
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Schwarzer Schleimfisch
- Spanish
- Blenio de Namiye
- Japanese
- Niramigimpo, ニラミギンポ
- Simplified Chinese
- 納氏無鬚鳚
Other scientific names: Salarias namiyei
Similar species
Bicolor BlennyEcsenius bicolor
Coral BlennyEcsenius yaeyamaensis
Twinspot BlennyEcsenius bimaculatus
Twocoat CoralblennyEcsenius dilemma
Kurt's coralblennyEcsenius kurti
Monocle CoralblennyEcsenius monoculus
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).
- 155 open-data records from 1965 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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