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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