Petroscirtes
| Petroscirtes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830 |
| Species | |
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Petroscirtes is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific, and Indian oceans.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell, 1835 (Arabian fangblenny)
- Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836) (Striped poison-fang blenny mimic)
- Petroscirtes fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Deceiver fangbelly)
- Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1885) (Wolf fangbelly)
- Petroscirtes marginatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830 (Floral blenny)
- Petroscirtes pylei Smith-Vaniz, 2005 (Twilight Fangblenny)
- Petroscirtes springeri Smith-Vaniz, 1976
- Petroscirtes thepassii Bleeker, 1853 (Thepas' sabretooth blenny)
- Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849 (Variable sabretooth blenny)
- Petroscirtes xestus D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Xestus sabretooth blenny)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Petroscirtes in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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