Petroscirtes mitratus

Petroscirtes mitratus, the floral blenny, floral fangblenny, helmeted blenny, or the crested sabretooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian ocean. This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL.[2] It is the type species of the genus Petroscirtes.[3]

Petroscirtes mitratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Species:
P. mitratus
Binomial name
Petroscirtes mitratus
Rüppell, 1830
Synonyms
  • Petroscirtes barbatus Peters, 1855
  • Petroskirtes marmoratus Bleeker, 1875
  • Petroscirtes marmoratus Liénard, 1891

References
  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Petroscirtes mitratus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T46080080A48382737. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petroscirtes ancylodon" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Petroscirtes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2019.


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