''Adelotremus leptus'' is a

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combtooth blenny Combtooth blennies are blenny, blenniiformids; Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the Order (biology), order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Com ...

native to the

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where it is only known from Marsa el At,

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. It was caught at a depth of . It has a slender body. The first specimen, a female, measured SL, and others have been recorded since. Until 2017 this species was considered to be the only species in the

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Adelotremus ''Adelotremus'' is a small genus of combtooth blennies which are found in the Indo-Pacific region. The name of the genus is a compound of the Greek ''Adelos'' meaning "concealed" and ''trema'' meaning "hole", this was coined to reflect that the ty ...

''.Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Rose, J.M. (2012): Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). ''Zootaxa,3249: 39–46.'' In 2017 a second species, '' Adelotremus deloachi'' was described from Indonesia.

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leptus Fish described in 2012 {{Blenniidae-stub