Petroscirtes lupus

Petroscirtes lupus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Species: P. lupus
Binomial name
Petroscirtes lupus
(De Vis, 1885)

Petroscirtes lupus, the Wolf fangbelly, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[1] A variably greyish, brown or greenish blenny with six large dark blotches, white dots and dashes on upper sides, and dark dots below.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes lupus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Dianne J. Bray, 2011, Brown Sabretooth Blenny, Petroscirtes lupus, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Oct 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4755
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