Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos Bluestriped Blenny, Bluestriped Fangblenny, Cleaner Mimic, Tube-worm Blenny

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchosis commonly referred to as Bluestriped Blenny, Bluestriped Fangblenny, Cleaner Mimic, Tube-worm Blenny. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2731 

AphiaID:

219334 

Scientific:

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos 

German:

Blaustreifen Blenny 

English:

Bluestriped Blenny, Bluestriped Fangblenny, Cleaner Mimic, Tube-worm Blenny 

Category:

Blennies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Blenniiformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Plagiotremus (Genus) > rhinorhynchos (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bunaken, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, East Africa, Egypt, Flores, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Vietnam, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.72" (12 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Parasitic 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plagiotremus azaleus
  Säbelzahnschleimfische
• 
  Plagiotremus ewaensis
  Ewa-Fangzahnschleimfisch, Blau-Streifen-Säbelzahnschleimfisch
• 
  Plagiotremus flavus
  Säbelzahnschleimfisch
• 
  Plagiotremus goslinei
  Fangzahnschleimfisch
• Plagiotremus iosodon
• 
  Plagiotremus laudandus
  Augenstreif-Säbelzähner-Nachahmer
• 
  Plagiotremus phenax
  Aggressiver Säbelzahn-Schleimfisch
• 
  Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos
  Blaustreifen Blenny
• Plagiotremus spilistius
• 
  Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
  Piano-Säbelzahlschleimfisch
• 
  Plagiotremus townsendi
  Townsends-Säbelzähner
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-02-17 21:03:04 

Last edit:

2023-09-07 11:14:11 

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