Ecsenius randalli
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Ecsenius randalli is a species of combtooth blenny
in the genus Ecsenius
. It is found the western central Pacific ocean, around Indonesia
. It was named by Victor Gruschka Springer in 1991, and can reach a maximum length of 2 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae
and weeds.
Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
in the genus Ecsenius
Ecsenius
Ecsenius is a large genus of fish in the Blenniidae family. It currently contains 53 described species.-Species:*Ecsenius aequalis, Fourline blenny*Ecsenius alleni, Allen's blenny*Ecsenius aroni, Aron's blenny...
. It is found the western central Pacific ocean, around Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It was named by Victor Gruschka Springer in 1991, and can reach a maximum length of 2 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily off of plants, including benthic algae
Algae
Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length. They are photosynthetic like plants, and "simple" because their tissues are not organized into the many...
and weeds.