Mimic blenny

Mimic blenny
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Genus:	Plagiotremus
Species:	P. tapeinosoma
Binomial name
	Plagiotremus tapeinosoma; (Bleeker, 1857)
Synonyms
	Aspidontus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857); Petroscirtes tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1857; Runula tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857);

The mimic blenny or piano fangblenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, is a blenny of the genus Plagiotremus, with a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution including New Zealand from depths of 8 to 30 metres (26 to 98 ft). This species reaches a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL.^[2]

References

"Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5

^ Williams, J.T. (2014). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342366A48386360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342366A48386360.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". FishBase. February 2013 version.

External links

Photos of Mimic blenny on Sealife Collection

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Williams, J.T. (2014). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342366A48386360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342366A48386360.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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