Petroscirtes thepassii, Thepas' sabretooth blenny

Petroscirtes thepassii Bleeker, 1853

Thepas' sabretooth blenny
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae
Etymology: Petroscirtes: Latin, petra, -ae = stone + Greek, skirteo = to jump.
Eponymy: A H Thepass was a military surgeon in Ternate (Dutch East Indies) who supplied Bleeker with the holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 10°N - 12°S

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Western Central Pacific: Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; Belau and Yap in Micronesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18. Closely related to P. variabilis, but is usually more elongate and has a bulbous or elongate snout.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit weedy areas such as Sargassum beds. They occur in shallow seagrass beds where they hide by pressing itself against a blade of seagrass. Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 March 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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