The species can be recognised by its blunt downward-pointing snout, white spots, dark lateral blotches which are separated by lighter areas, and its long-based dorsal fin. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
| RLS profile v3 | |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Not assessed |
| Max_size: | 130 mm |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| Threats: | No major threats to this species are known |
| Commercial_Uses: | None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade |
| Abundance: | 1.333 |
| Distribution: | Merimbula, NSW, to southern Qld. Also New Caledonia. |
| Frequency: | 0.145 |
| Range: | 82.872 |
| Depth: | 0–10 m |
| Diet: | Its diet is somewhat unusual among blennies in including large quantities of plant material |
| Behaviour: | This fish occupies much the same habitat among boulders and debris in estuaries as is used by the Tasmanian blenny further south |
| Common_Name: | Brown sabretooth blenny; |
| Description: | The brown sabretooth blenny has a mottled brown body with six to eight dark saddles in the upper region and a dorsal fin with a first spine that projects slightly above the rest |
| Habitat: | Sheltered reef, seagrass |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Petroscirtes lupus |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Salarias lupus De Vis, 1886 | |
| Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1886. On a lizard and three species of Salarias, &c. Proc. R. Soc. Qld Vol. 2 pp. 56-60 | |
| Petroscirtes (Ostreoblennius) steadi Whitley, 1930 | |
| Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological miscellanea. Mem. Qld Mus. Vol. 10 (1) pp. 8-31 fig. 1 pl. 1 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Brown Sabretooth Blenny | |
| Brown Sabertooth Blenny | |
| Brown Sabre-tooth | |
| Southern Sabretooth Blenny | |
| Wolf Fangbelly | |
| Wolf Fangblenny |
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