Panamic fanged blenny
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Large-banded blenny (Ophioblennius steindachneri), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. It's found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in). They are territorial and feed during the day when they graze on algae and prey on sessile invertebrates by using the incisor teeth, which are similar in shape to combs, to scrape food off the rock.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Ophioblennius steindachneri, the large-banded blenny or the Panamic fanged blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) SL.
Wikipedia contributors, Ophioblennius steindachneri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:38:12.704502+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Name authority
- Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Common name
- Panamic fanged blenny
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Ophioblennius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderBlenniiformes
- familyBlenniidae Rafinesque, 1810
- subfamilySalariinae Gill, 1859
- genusOphioblennius Gill, 1860
- speciesOphioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ophioblennius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ophioblennius clippertonensis Springer, 1962 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redlip blennyOphioblennius macclurei (Silvester, 1915) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ophioblennius trinitatis Miranda Ribeiro, 1919 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ophioblennius pinchoti Hildebrand, 1946 Hildebrand, 1946 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S., & Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 47: i–xxiv + 2183a–3136. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46755 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:49VWS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.