Petroscirtes breviceps

Petroscirtes breviceps
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Petroscirtes
Species:	P. breviceps
Binomial name
	Petroscirtes breviceps; (Valenciennes, 1836)
Synonyms
	Blennechis breviceps Valenciennes, 1836; Aspidontus trossulus Jordan & Snyder, 1902; Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902); Petroscirtes annamensis Chabanaud, 1924;

Petroscirtes breviceps, the striped poison-fang blenny mimic, striped fangblenny mimic, short-head sabretooth blenny, short-headed blenny, sabretooth blenny, or the black-banded blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) SL.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342225A48390972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342225A48390972.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Petroscirtes breviceps" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

External links[edit]

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342225A48390972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342225A48390972.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Petroscirtes breviceps" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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