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Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880) (Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880))
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Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)

Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)

The canary fangblenny (Meiacanthus oualanensis) is a Fiji-endemic blenny that grows up to 5 cm SL.

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Family
Genus
Meiacanthus
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)

Nomenclature

Meiacanthus oualanensis, commonly known as the canary fangblenny, is a species of blenny.

Distribution

It is found in the Western Central Pacific, and is currently only known to occur in Fiji.

Size

This species reaches a maximum recorded length of 5 centimetres (2.0 inches) when measured as standard length (SL).

Photo: (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Blenniidae Meiacanthus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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