Ecsenius shirleyae, known commonly as the Shirley's blenny in 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...

, is a species of combtooth blenny

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 in the western Pacific ocean, specifically in Indonesia. It was first named by Victor Gruschka Springer and Gerald R. Allen in 2004, and can reach a maximum length of 2.8 centimetres. The species was named in honour of Springer's wife, Shirley. It is considered most similar to its sister species E. bimaculatus

Ecsenius bimaculatus

Ecsenius bimaculatus is a Blenny from the Western Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 4.5 cm in length....

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