WoRMS taxon details
Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905)
219333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219333)
accepted
Species
Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905) Regan, C. T. (1905). On fishes from the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and Karachi, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> v. 16: 318-333, Pls. A-C. [details]
Description Mimics the blenny, Meiacanthus nigrolineatus<307>.
Description Mimics the blenny, Meiacanthus nigrolineatus<307>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219333 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905) Regan, C. T. (1905). On fishes from the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and Karachi, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> v. 16: 318-333, Pls. A-C. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Mimics the blenny, Meiacanthus nigrolineatus<307>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Townsend's fangblenny | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiotremus townsendi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To FishBase images (Plagiotremus townsendi, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus townsendi FIN027159 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plagiotremus townsendi)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To FishBase images (Plagiotremus townsendi, Saudi Arabia, by Field, R.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plagiotremus townsendi FIN027159 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
