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Aspidontus dussumieri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Aspidontus
Species:	A. dussumieri
Binomial name
Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
Blennechis dussumieri Valenciennes, 1836 Petroscirtes fluctuans Weber, 1909 Aspidontus fluctuans (Weber, 1909) Petroscirtes gorrorensis Herre, 1936 Aspidontus gorrorensis (Herre, 1936) Aspidontus wamiziensis J.L.B. Smith, 1959

Aspidontus dussumieri, the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The specific name honours the French explorer and merchant Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883).

References

1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Aspidontus dussumieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342525A48371246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342525A48371246.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspidontus dussumieri". FishBase. February 2013 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

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