False cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus)

Scientific name: Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

The False cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is a marine fish of the family Blenniidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-28; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 25 - 28. Bears an amazing resemblance to the cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Distinguished from L. dimidiatus by the position of its mouth, which is terminal in the wrasse but under the snout in the blenny.

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Species facts

Scientific name: Aspidontus taeniatus
Family: Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies)
Order: Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length: 11.5
Depth range: 3–25 m (10–82 ft)
Environment: Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 25 m
Climate: Tropical
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Cocos-Keeling Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales; throughout Micronesia.
Conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated
Threat to humans: Harmless
Uses: Aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)