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Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836)

Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836)

Petroscirtes breviceps is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs of the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.

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Petroscirtes
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Perciformes
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About Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836)

Nomenclature

Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836) has multiple common names: the striped poison-fang blenny mimic, striped fangblenny mimic, short-head sabretooth blenny, short-headed blenny, sabretooth blenny, and black-banded blenny.

Classification and Habitat

It is a species of combtooth blenny that lives in coral reefs of the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Size

This species grows to a maximum standard length of 11 centimetres (4.3 inches).

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Blenniidae Petroscirtes

More from Blenniidae

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

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