Ecsenius prooculis
Creators: name: Springer, Victor G.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Blenniidae
Ecsenius
Ecsenius prooculis

description: Key to the species of the Prooculis group   1 Two linearly arranged dark spots present on side of abdomen.................. bimaculatus   
­ No dark spots on abdomen........................................................................................... 2  
2 Two linear rows of dark spots on body at least in area ventral to segmented­ray portion of dorsal fin.................................................................................................................. 3  
­ No rows of dark spots on body.................................................................................... 4  
 3 Black stripe extending posteriorly from orbital margin across opercle; one to three fine dark vertical bands present or absent on body anterior rows of dark spots...... randalli   
 ­ No black stripe extending posteriorly from orbital margin; dark spot present dorsally on opercle; no dark vertical bands on body....................................................... collettei   
4 Body with pale stripes alternating with broader dark stripes....................................... 5  
­ Body without distinctive markings.............................................................................. 6  
 5 Pale stripes narrow, depth much less than one­fourth orbital diameter; dorsal pale stripe on body at or dorsal to level of lateral line; ventral pale stripe on body midline; dusky spot on post­orbital margin indistinctly, if at all, leading to stripe across head............................................................................................................................ taeniatus   
 ­ Pale stripes deeper, about one­third orbital diameter; dorsal pale stripe on body ventral to level of lateral line; ventral pale stripe on body ventral to body midline; dusky stripe extending posteriorly from orbital margin across head................................... prooculis   
 6 No dark stripe extending posteriorly from orbital margin across head (a dark spot may be present on postorbital margin)............................................................. caeruliventris   
­ Dark stripe extending posteriorly from orbital margin across head............................. 7  
 7 Dark stripe on head narrower (Figures 1 d, 2b), bordered ventrally by pale white stripe in life; in life, stripes in interorbital area and iris of eye white or faintly tinged with yellow .......................................................................................................................... shirleyae   
 ­ Dark stripe on head deeper (Figures 1 e, 2d), bordered dorsally and ventrally by bright yellow in life; in life, stripes in interorbital area and iris of eye bright yellow........................................................................................................................................ bandanus
description: Published as part of Springer, Victor G. & Allen, Gerald R., 2004, Ecsenius caeruliventris and E. shirleyae, two new species of blenniid fishes from Indonesia, and new distribution records for other species of Ecsenius, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 791 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169638