Omobranchus fasciolatus
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Omobranchus fasciolatus, known commonly as the Arab blenny or the Barred Arab blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny
found in the western Indian ocean
. It was first named by Achille Valenciennes
in 1836, and can reach a maximum length of 6.8 centimetres.
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...
found in the western Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It was first named by Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
in 1836, and can reach a maximum length of 6.8 centimetres.