''Plagiotremus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

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Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Plagiotremus azaleus ''Plagiotremus azaleus'', the sabertooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the A ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Sabertooth blenny) * ''

Plagiotremus ewaensis ''Plagiotremus ewaensis'', the Ewa blenny, Ewa fangblenny or the blue-stripe blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's fi ...

'' ( Brock, 1948) (Ewa blenny) * ''

Plagiotremus flavus ''Plagiotremus flavus'' is a species of combtooth blenny from Fiji, and Tonga, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is found down to depths of and is associated with reefs. It attacks other fish to feed on mucus and scales. In Fiji this spec ...

'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 * ''

Plagiotremus goslinei ''Plagiotremus goslinei'', the biting blenny, Gosline's fangblenny, scale-eating blenny or the scale-eating fang blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of ...

'' ( Strasburg, 1956) (Biting blenny) * ''

Plagiotremus iosodon ''Plagiotremus iosodon'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western central Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southe ...

'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 * ''

Plagiotremus laudandus ''Plagiotremus laudandus'', the bicolour fangblenny, false harptail-blenny, poison-fang blenny mimic, yellow-tailed blenny or the yellowtail fangblenny mimic, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. Th ...

'' ( Whitley, 1961) (Bicolour fangblenny) * ''

Plagiotremus phenax ''Plagiotremus phenax'', the Imposter fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Eart ...

'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Imposter fangblenny) * '' Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos'' ( Bleeker, 1852) (Bluestriped fangblenny) * ''

Plagiotremus spilistius ''Plagiotremus spilistius'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Pacific ocean. This species reaches a length of SL. It is the type species of the genus ''Plagiotremus ''Plagiotremus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1865 * ''

Plagiotremus tapeinosoma 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 . This species reaches a length of TL. References * ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1857) (Piano fangblenny) * ''

Plagiotremus townsendi ''Plagiotremus townsendi'', Townsend's fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the wate ...

'' (

Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri' ...

, 1905) (Townsend's fangblenny)

References

Blenniinae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Blenniidae-stub