Nannosalarias nativitatis

Nannosalarias nativitatis
Nannosalarias nativitatis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Nannosalarias
Species: nativitatis
Binomial name
Nannosalarias nativitatis
Regan, 1909
Synonyms
  • Blennius nativitatis (Regan, 1909)[1]
  • Nannosalarias nativitatus (Regan, 1909)[1]

Nannosalarias nativitatis is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans,[2] and the only species in the genus Nannosalarias.[3]

It was first named by Regan in 1909,[2] and is commonly known as the Pygmy blenny, Christmas blenny, Christmas Island blenny, or the Throatspot blenny.[4] It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Synonyms of Nannosalarias nativitatis". www.fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6053&SynCode=150326&GenusName=Nannosalarias&SpeciesName=nativitatis. Retrieved 2011 october 31. 
  2. ^ a b c "Nannosalarias nativitatis". www.fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6053. Retrieved 2011 October 31. 
  3. ^ "Species under Nannosalarias". www.fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/nomenclature/SpeciesList.php?genus=Nannosalarias. Retrieved 2011 October 31. 
  4. ^ "Common names for Nannosalarias nativitatis". www.fishbase.org. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6053&GenusName=Nannosalarias&SpeciesName=nativitatis&StockCode=6367. Retrieved 2011 october 31. 


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