| Ecsenius axelrodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Ecsenius |
| Species: | E. axelrodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ecsenius axelrodi V. G. Springer, 1988[2]
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Ecsenius axelrodi, known commonly as the Axelrod's clown blenny or the Axelrod's combtooth blenny,[3] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies. It is found in shallow water on coral reefs in the western central Pacific Ocean. It was first described by Victor Gruschka Springer in 1988 and named in honour of the American ichthyologist Herbert Richard Axelrod.[4]
- ^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Ecsenius axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342493A48350922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342493A48350922.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Baily, Nicolas (2013). "Ecsenius axelrodi Springer, 1988". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ecsenius axelrodi". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ Springer, Victor G. (1988). The Indo-Pacific Blenniid Fish Genus Escenius (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 84–86.