| Xiphasia matsubarai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Xiphasia |
| Species: | X. matsubarai |
| Binomial name | |
| Xiphasia matsubarai Okada & Suzuki, 1952 |
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Xiphasia matsubarai, known commonly as the Japanese snake blenny in Guam, Micronesia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa,[1] is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Xiphasia.[2] It is found in the Pacific and Indian oceans.[2] It was named by Y. Okada and K. Suzuki in 1952,[3] and can reach a maximum length of 30 centimetres.[2] Blennies in this species feed primarily off of bony fish.[4]