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Arabian fangblenny (Petroscirtes ancylodon)
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Ecological Illustration of Arabian fangblenny (Petroscirtes ancylodon)
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Blenniidae

Arabian fangblenny

Petroscirtes ancylodon

Eleven Point Five Centimeters Blenny of the Red Sea

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Petroscirtes ancylodon, the Arabian fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Indian Ocean, and since 1989 recorded on occasion in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea, a likely entry from the Suez Canal.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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