Meiacanthus lineatus

Meiacanthus lineatus, the lined fangblenny, is a venomous species of combtooth blenny found in the Great Barrier Reef in the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) TL.[3]

Meiacanthus lineatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Meiacanthus
Species:
M. lineatus
Binomial name
Meiacanthus lineatus
(De Vis, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Petroscirtes lineatus De Vis, 1884[2]

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Meiacanthus lineatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342417A48379268. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. Synonyms of meiacanthus lineatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Meiacanthus lineatus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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