Mimic blenny

Mimic blenny
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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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