Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) fish species and information / pictures of Striped poison-fang blenny mimic - Petroscirtes breviceps

Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) fish species information

Scientific Name
Petroscirtes breviceps

Common Name
Striped poison-fang blenny mimic

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-21; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21. Dark, broad stripe from snout through eye to caudal fin; stripe may be broken into segments (Ref. 4404). Highly variable in color and mimics Meiacanthus species (Ref. 48636).

Classification

Classified By

Valenciennes, 1836

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Combtooth blennies (Blenniidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia.

Range

30°N - 30°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

22 °C

Water Temperature To

28 °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

10 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 48636)

Trophic Level

2.06 s.e. 0.07 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

11.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5005 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Aquarium: commercial

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status

  Not Evaluated