''Plagiotremus phenax'', the Imposter fangblenny, is a species of
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 ...
found in
coral reef
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s in the
Indian Ocean
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. This species reaches a length of
TL. This blenny uses bio mimicry to avoid predation, as it has a strong resemblance to the
disco blenny (''Meiacanthus smithi'').
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phenax
Fish described in 1976
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