| Plagiotremus goslinei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Plagiotremus |
| Species: | P. goslinei |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Runula goslinei Strasburg, 1956 | |
Plagiotremus goslinei, the biting blenny, Gosline's fangblenny, scale-eating blenny or the scale-eating fang blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Hawaiʻi.[3]
References
- ↑ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Plagiotremus goslinei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342392A48405050. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342392A48405050.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Plagiotremus goslinei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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