Plagiotremus

Plagiotremus is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Plagiotremus
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Blenniinae
Genus:	Plagiotremus T. N. Gill, 1865
Type species
Plagiotremus spilistius T.N. Gill, 1865[1]
Synonyms
Atopoclinus Vaillant, 1894 Lembeichthys Herre, 1936 Macrurrhynchus Ogilby, 1896 Musgravius Whitley, 1961 Runula Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Plagiotremus azaleus (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Sabertooth blenny)
• Plagiotremus ewaensis (Brock, 1948) (Ewa blenny)
• Plagiotremus flavus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
• Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956) (Biting blenny)
• Plagiotremus iosodon Smith-Vaniz, 1976
• Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) (Bicolour fangblenny)
• Plagiotremus phenax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Imposter fangblenny)
• Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) (Bluestriped fangblenny)
• Plagiotremus spilistius T. N. Gill, 1865
• Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Piano fangblenny)
• Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905) (Townsend's fangblenny)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Plagiotremus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Plagiotremus". FishBase. February 2013 version.