Xiphasia
Encyclopedia
Xiphasia is a small genus
of combtooth blennies
found in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
s. There are two species in this genus.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of combtooth blennies
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 Pacific and 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...
s. There are two species in this genus.
Species
- Japanese snake blenny, Xiphasia matsubaraiXiphasia matsubaraiXiphasia matsubarai, known commonly as the Japanese snake blenny in Guam, Micronesia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Xiphasia. It is found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It was named by Y. Okada and K. Suzuki in 1952, and can reach a maximum...
(Okada & Suzuki, 1952) - Hairtail blenny, Xiphasia setiferXiphasia setiferXiphasia setifer, known commonly as the Hairtail blenny in Australia, Indonesia, and Vietnam, Hair-tail blenny in Papua New Guinea, Hair-tailed blenny in the Philippines, or the Snake blenny in Mauritius, the Philippines, Micronesia, and South Africa, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus...
(Swainson, 1839)