Dialommus fuscus

Dialommus fuscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Labrisomidae
Genus: Dialommus
Species: D. fuscus
Binomial name
Dialommus fuscus
Gilbert, 1891

Dialommus fuscus, known commonly as the Galápagos four-eyed blenny in Galapagos Islands and the United Kingdom,[1] is a species of labrisomid blenny.[2] It is a tropical blenny known from around the Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It was described by C.H. Gilbert in 1891.[3] Blennies in this species feed off of insects, worms, and benthic crustaceans.[4]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Dialommus fuscus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Dialommus fuscus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Gilbert, C.H., 1891 (29 May) [ref. 1624] A supplementary list of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and Panama, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 840): 449-455.
  4. ^ Food items reported for Dialommus fuscus at www.fishbase.org.