Brown Sabretooth Blenny (species: Petroscirtes lupus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Petroscirtes lupus
Brown Sabretooth Blenny


©Anne Hoggett: Petroscirtes lupus on the mooring line at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island, 3-5 m depth.

©Anne Hoggett: Five specimens of Petroscirtes lupus on the mooring line at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island, 3 to 5 m depth. The fish at bottom right could be Meiacanthus lineatus or its mimic Petroscirtes fallax.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Blenniidae
Genus Petroscirtes
Species Petroscirtes lupus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

A blenny up to about 7 cm long, white or greenish white with three dark stripes; bites if handled.

Size

  • Up to 7 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • From 1 m to 6 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Caley, M.J. and J. St John (1996). Refuge availability structures assemblages of tropical reef fishes, Journal of Animal Ecology, 65: 414-428. LIRS catalog number 458.
  • Fisher, R., J.M. Leis, D.L. Clark and S.K. Wilson (2005). Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations, Marine Biology, 147: 1202-1212. LIRS catalog number 934.
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