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Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) (Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961))
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Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)

Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)

Plagiotremus laudandus is a species of combtooth blenny found in western Pacific coral reefs that mimics Meiacanthus atrodorsalis.

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About Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)

Taxonomy and common names

Plagiotremus laudandus, which has the common names bicolour fangblenny, false harptail-blenny, poison-fang blenny mimic, yellow-tailed blenny, and yellowtail fangblenny mimic, is a species of combtooth blenny.

Habitat and distribution

It can be found living on coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean.

Size

This species grows to a total length of 8 centimetres (3.1 inches).

Mimicry behavior

It acts as a Batesian mimic of the blenny species Meiacanthus atrodorsalis.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Blenniidae Plagiotremus

More from Blenniidae

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

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