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Class: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae Combtooth blennies
Subfamily: Blenniinae
Genus: Plagiotremus

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11 species
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Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Plagiotremus azaleus (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)

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Plagiotremus azaleus
[Sabertooth blenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.2 cm SL
Plagiotremus ewaensis (Brock, 1948)

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Plagiotremus ewaensis
[Ewa blenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific

Plagiotremus flavus Smith-Vaniz, 1976

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Plagiotremus flavus
[]

Photo by Malaer, P.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956)

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Plagiotremus goslinei
[Biting blenny]

Photo by Smith-Vaniz, W.F.

Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Plagiotremus iosodon Smith-Vaniz, 1976

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Plagiotremus iosodon
[Arrowtooth fangblenny]

Photo by Adams, M.J.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)

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Plagiotremus laudandus
[Bicolour fangblenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indian Ocean.
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Plagiotremus phenax Smith-Vaniz, 1976

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Plagiotremus phenax
[Imposter fangblenny]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)

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Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos
[Bluestriped fangblenny]

Photo by Smith-Vaniz, W.F.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 17.4 cm SL
Plagiotremus spilistius Gill, 1865

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Plagiotremus spilistius
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)

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Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
[Piano fangblenny]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905)

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Plagiotremus townsendi
[Townsend's fangblenny]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Plagiotremus azaleus Sabertooth blenny Eastern Pacific 10 TL 1890
Plagiotremus ewaensis Ewa blenny Eastern Central Pacific 10.2 SL 1948
Plagiotremus flavus Western Central Pacific 1976
Plagiotremus goslinei Biting blenny Eastern Central Pacific 6.4 SL 1956
Plagiotremus iosodon Arrowtooth fangblenny Western Central Pacific. 4.5 TL 1976
Plagiotremus laudandus Bicolour fangblenny Western Pacific 8 TL 1961
Plagiotremus phenax Imposter fangblenny Indian Ocean. 8 TL 1976
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos Bluestriped fangblenny Indo-Pacific 12 SL 1852
Plagiotremus spilistius Western Pacific 17.4 SL 1865
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma Piano fangblenny Indo-Pacific 14 TL 1857
Plagiotremus townsendi Townsend's fangblenny Western Indian Ocean 6 TL 1905



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