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Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849 
AphiaID: 219332

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Petroscirtes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830
Synonymised
taxa		  Dasson variabilis (Cantor, 1849)
 Petrocirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849 (misspelling)
 Petroscirtes varibilis Cantor, 1849 (misspelling)
 Petroscrites variabilis Cantor, 1849 (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English variable sabretooth blenny  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in seagrass beds of shallow lagoons. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans and occasionally on scales from fishes. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219332
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-07-05 08:48:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219332 on 2013-05-19
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