Petroscirtes ancylodon
| Petroscirtes ancylodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Petroscirtes |
| Species: | P. ancylodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell, 1835 | |
Petroscirtes ancylodon, the Arabian fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian ocean. The species now also occurs in Iskenderun Bay in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[1] Males of this species reaches a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) TL while females reach a maximum length of 7.9 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[2]
References
- ↑ Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes ancylodon" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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