Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)

Bluestriped Fangblenny

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:363eaf77-be3e-4bfd-a1a6-e4fd922faaaa

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
    Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

The adult Bluestriped Fangblenny is black to orange-yellow with two narrow blue stripes on the side of the body that extend from the snout to the caudal peduncle. Randall, Allen and Steene (see further reading) state that the orange-yellow colour phase resembles the colouration of the harmless female Scalefin Anthias. ... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Max_size: 120 mm
Description: The bluestriped fangblenny has a flexible elongate body with two thin blue stripes commencing either side of the eye and passing along the sides
IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Distribution: Tropical Australia south to Walpole, WA, and to Merimbula, NSW. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.
Depth: 2–20 m
Behaviour: They mimic cleaner wrasse by approaching large fish (and divers) as if to remove parasites. When close enough, they dart forward and remove a piece of flesh using two sharp fangs
Common_Name: Tube-worm blenny;Bluestriped fangblenny; blue-lined sabretooth blenny
Habitat: Sheltered reef
Range: 1828.418
Frequency: 3.470
similar_species: It can be confused with the bluelined hulafish in WA, and sometimes occurs in schools of that species, but the fangblennies’ tail is normal rather than elongated at the centre
Abundance: 1.788
Threats: No major threats to this species are known

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Petroskirtes rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Moluksche eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië Vol. 3 pp. 229-309

Common Names

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Bluestriped Fangblenny
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Tube-worm Blenny
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Twostripe Blenny
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Blue-lined Blenny
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Blue-lined Sabretooth Blenny
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Bluestriped Blenny
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Blunt-nosed Blenny
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Cleaner Mimic
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
BLENNIOIDEI
family
BLENNIIDAE
genus
Plagiotremus
species
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos  Recorded in Australia

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