Petroscirtes xestus

Petroscirtes xestus, the xestus sabretooth blenny, xestus fangblenny, or the bearded sabretooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.[2]

Petroscirtes xestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Species:
P. xestus
Binomial name
Petroscirtes xestus
Synonyms

Petroscirtes pindae J.L.B. Smith, 1959

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes xestus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342309A48368599. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes xestus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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