WoRMS taxon details
Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836)
219249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219249)
accepted
Species
Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) · unaccepted
Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836) · unaccepted
Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) · unaccepted
Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908 · unaccepted
Salarias percophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
Description Inhabits exposed outer intertidal reef flats, where it can hide in cracks and holes. Feeds on filamentous algae and...
Description Inhabits exposed outer intertidal reef flats, where it can hide in cracks and holes. Feeds on filamentous algae and associated small invertebrates, such as foraminiferans, ostracods, copepods, and gastropods. Rarely used for aquarium fish. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219249 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908) Snyder, J. O. (1908). Descriptions of eighteen new species and two new genera of fishes from Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 35 (no. 1635): 93-111. [details]
original description (of Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de zuidkust-wateren van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 19: 329-352. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
original description (of Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908) Snyder, J. O. (1908). Descriptions of eighteen new species and two new genera of fishes from Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 35 (no. 1635): 93-111. [details]
original description (of Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859) Bleeker, P. (1859). Over eenige vischsoorten van de zuidkust-wateren van Java. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 19: 329-352. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits exposed outer intertidal reef flats, where it can hide in cracks and holes. Feeds on filamentous algae and associated small invertebrates, such as foraminiferans, ostracods, copepods, and gastropods. Rarely used for aquarium fish. [details]Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Genus Williams, pers. comm. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | red-dotted blenny [from synonym]blue-dashed rockskipper | [details] |
| Japanese | ハナカエルウオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blenniella periophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias percophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase images (Blenniella periophthalmus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blenniella periophthalmus RAD102498-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias biseriatus RAD102607-001) (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias muscarus USNM 062245 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias periophthalmus RAD102608-001) (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blenniella periophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias percophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase images (Blenniella periophthalmus, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Blenniella periophthalmus RAD102498-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias biseriatus RAD102607-001) (from synonym Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias muscarus USNM 062245 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias periophthalmus RAD102608-001) (from synonym Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836)
To ITIS
