Meiacanthus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Meiacanthus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Meiacanthus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Meiacanthus
Meiacanthus is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. Many species in this genus make their way into the aquarium trade and several are venomous. The genus name Meiacanthus is derived from the Greek meion meaning "less" and akantha meaning "thorn" and refers to most species having relatively few dorsal fin spines.
...Meiacanthus in languages:
- Japanese
- ヒゲニジギンポ属
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Meiacanthus abditus
- Meiacanthus abruptus
- Meiacanthus anema
- Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
- Meiacanthus bundoon
- Meiacanthus crinitus
- Meiacanthus cyanopterus
- Meiacanthus ditrema
- Meiacanthus erdmanni
- Meiacanthus fraseri
- Meiacanthus geminatus
- Meiacanthus grammistes
- Meiacanthus kamoharai
- Meiacanthus limbatus
- Meiacanthus lineatus
- Meiacanthus luteus
- Meiacanthus mossambicus
- Meiacanthus naevius
- Meiacanthus nigrolineatus
- Meiacanthus oualanensis
- Meiacanthus phaeus
- Meiacanthus procne
- Meiacanthus reticulatus
- Meiacanthus smithi
- Meiacanthus solomon
- Meiacanthus tongaensis
- Meiacanthus urostigma
- Meiacanthus vicinus
- Meiacanthus vittatus







