Mimic blenny
| Mimic blenny | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Plagiotremus |
| Species: | P. tapeinosoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) | |
The mimic blenny or piano fangblenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, is a blenny of the genus Plagiotremus, with a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution including New Zealand from depths of 8 to 30 metres (26 to 98 ft). This species reaches a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL.[1]
References
- "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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