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Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) 
AphiaID: 219335

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Plagiotremus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Plagiotremus Gill, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
 Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857
 Petroskirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
 Plagiotremus tapeinosomus (Bleeker, 1857) (misspelling)
 Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English piano fangblenny  [details]
English scale-eating blenny  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits seaward reefs, usually the lower surge zone to deeper areas. Hides in deserted worm tubes when alarmed (Ref. 1602). Feeds by attacking other fishes and removing dermal tissue, mucus and sometimes scales; occasionally makes harmless 'attacks' on divers (Ref. 2334). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219335
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857). 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=219335 on 2013-05-19
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