Petroscirtes ancylodon

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.[2] 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.[3]

Petroscirtes ancylodon

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Species:
P. ancylodon
Binomial name
Petroscirtes ancylodon
Rüppell, 1835

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes ancylodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T18263684A48364510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T18263684A48364510.en.
  2. Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes ancylodon" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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