Brown Sabretooth Blenny (species: Petroscirtes lupus) in Fraser Island (Gaia Guide)
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Petroscirtes lupus
Brown Sabretooth Blenny


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©John Turnbull: Brown Sabretooth Blenny (Petroscirtes lupus)

©John Turnbull: Brown Sabretooth Blenny (Petroscirtes lupus)

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

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Distinguishing features

The Brown Sabretooth Blenny has a pair of long fangs in the front of the lower jaw that curve backwards.

Size

  • Up to 13 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 1 m to 6 m

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Hides in seagrasses, seaweeds, or empty mollusk shells (Fishbase).

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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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