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Published March 20, 2026 | Version v1
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Aspidontus dussumieri

Authors/Creators

  • 1. National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324
  • 2. National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324 & Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Gewann Rosenstein / Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. ronald. fricke @ smns-bw. de; ronfricke @ web. de; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1476 - 6990 Corresponding author. D. Golani: dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il & National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel. dani. golani @ mail. huji. ac. il; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4575 - 3324

Description

Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836) − Lance blenny

Gulf of Suez: −

Gulf of Aqaba: Jordan (Khalaf 2004).

Red Sea main basin: Egypt (Smith-Vaniz 1976), Sudan (Smith-Vaniz 1976).

General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to southern Japan, Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago.

IUCN (2014): Least Concern.

Notes

Published as part of Golani, Daniel & Fricke, Ronald, 2026, Revised checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea, including distribution in the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba, with notes on endemism and Lessepsian migration, pp. 1-257 in Zootaxa 5780 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5780.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19175291

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Related works

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5780.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/19175291 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE69A48FF8DFFE701366444E90FFFBE (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C6FBF1E0-3AE0-4478-BF5D-F6B935F85930 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Valenciennes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Blenniidae
Genus
Aspidontus
Species
dussumieri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) sec. Golani & Fricke, 2026

References

  • Khalaf, M. A (2004) Fish fauna of the Jordanian coast, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. JKAU Marine Science, 15, 23-50. https://doi.org/10.4197/MAR.15-1.2
  • Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1976) The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 19, i - vii + 1-196, 18 pls.