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View Mode View All Pictures Species Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855)    Omobranchus elongatus was originally described as Petroscirtes elongatus by Peters in 1855. It belongs to the family Blenniidae and subfamily Blenniinae. It is commonly known as Cloister blenny and is known in Australia as Chevron blenny , in Papua New Guinea as Chevroned blenny, in South Africa as Cloister blenny, in South Africa as Cloister blenny, in South Africa as Klooster-blennie. more common names It is found in Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius (Mascarenes), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Fiji, south to northern Australia, north to Japan; invasive in Hawaii and Guam.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Peters [W. C. H.] AuthorNI   Peters Qualification   --- Year   1855 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Blenniiformes Blenniiformes Family   Blenniidae Subfamily   Blenniinae Blenniinae Genus   Omobranchus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Blenniiformes Family   Blenniidae Subfamily   Blenniinae Genus   Omobranchus Original Name   Petroscirtes         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Petroscirtes elongatus Original Genus   Petroscirtes Original Genus Species   Petroscirtes elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Petroscirtes Original Author   Peters Original AuthorWI   Peters [W. C. H.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1855 Original Family   Blenniidae Original SubFamily   Blenniinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Primary Code   --- Page   440 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Omobranchus elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus   Omobranchus Current AuthorWI   Fowler [H. W.] Current AuthorNI   Fowler Current Year   1855 Current Family   Blenniidae Current Subfamily   Blenniinae Blenniinae Habitat   demersal         Water   Brackish and Salt water     Distribution   Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius (Mascarenes), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Fiji, south to northern Australia, north to Japan; invasive in Hawaii and Guam. Current Summary   Valid as Omobranchus elongatus  (Peters 1855). Blenniidae: Blenniinae.   Name History   • Valid as Omobranchus elongatus  (Peters 1855) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178], Smith-Vaniz 1976:148 [ref. 4144], Springer 1981:700 [ref. 8545], Springer 1986:750 [ref. 5719], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Aizawa & Senou 1992:2 [ref. 24315], Kottelat et al. 1993:129 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:319 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:487 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1113 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25693], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1113 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Bray 2006:1556 [ref. 29000], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:250 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:575 [ref. 31520], Allen & Erdmann 2012:784 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:383 [ref. 32989]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 3 (63 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   alexanderi Omobranchus alexanderi (Whitley [G. P.] 1945) Synonym altivelis Omobranchus altivelis (Steindachner [F.] 1863) Synonym angelus Omobranchus angelus (Whitley [G. P.] 1959) Synonym anolius Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Valid aurosplendidus Omobranchus aurosplendidus (Richardson [J.] 1846) Valid banditus Omobranchus banditus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959 Valid bhattacharyae Omobranchus bhattacharyae (Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1916) Synonym cristatus Omobranchus cristatus (Zugmayer [E.] 1913) Synonym cristatus Omobranchus cristatus Fraser-Brunner [A.] 1951 Synonym cristiceps Omobranchus cristiceps (Macleay [W.] 1881) Synonym darwini Omobranchus darwini (Whitley [G. P.] 1958) Synonym dasson Omobranchus dasson (Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902) Synonym dealmeida Omobranchus dealmeida Smith [J. L. B.] 1949 Synonym decipiens Omobranchus decipiens (De Vis [C. W.] 1884) Synonym dispar Omobranchus dispar (Fowler [H. W.] 1937) Synonym elegans Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner [F.] 1876) Valid fasciolatoceps Omobranchus fasciolatoceps (Richardson [J.] 1846) Valid fasciolatus Omobranchus fasciolatus Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836 Not available fasciolatus Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836) Valid ferox Omobranchus ferox (Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927) Valid furcatus Omobranchus furcatus (De Vis [C. W.] 1884) Synonym furtivus Omobranchus furtivus (De Vis [C. W.] 1885) Synonym galeatus Omobranchus galeatus (De Vis [C. W.] 1884) Synonym germaini Omobranchus germaini (Sauvage [H.-E.] 1883) Valid guttatus Omobranchus guttatus (Macleay [W.] 1881) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 3 (63 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…