Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 122 1967 Number 3582 



REVISION OF THE CIRCUMTROPICAL 



SHOREFISH GENUS ENTOMACRODUS 



(BLENNIIDAE: SALARIINAE) 



By Victor G. Springer 



Associate Curator, Division of Fishes 



Introduction 



This revision is one of a series of studies on tropical blennioid fishes, 

 a group which has engaged my attention since 1952. The purpose 

 of these studies is to clarify the systematics, relationships, and nomen- 

 clature of the families, genera, and species included in the group. 



The genus Entomacrodus is worldwide in distribution and occurs 

 along the rocky and coral reef shores of primarily tropical and sub- 

 tropical seas. The species are small, shallow- water, and bottom- 

 dwelling forms. Of the 22 species included in the genus, 5 are here 

 described as new, and 1 was recently described by me (1966) as a 

 result of my study. If the state of our knowledge of other blenniid 

 fishes is similar to that of Entomacrodus, then approximately 30 percent 

 of the species remain to be described. 



No comprehensive study of the genus Entomacrodus has been made, 

 although Chapman (1951) and Schultz and Chapman (1960) revised 

 certain of the Indo-Pacific species. My study, based on all the 



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