Petroscirtes breviceps
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Petroscirtes breviceps, known commonly as the Striped poison-fang blenny mimic, Striped fangblenny mimic, Short-head sabretooth blenny, Short-headed blenny, Sabretooth blenny, or the Black-banded blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny
found in coral reef
s in the western Pacific and Indian ocean
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Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
found in coral reef
Coral reef
Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny living animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. The polyps...
s in the western Pacific and Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
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