Blenniidae

Biting blenny

Plagiotremus goslinei

Six Point Four Centimeters Blenny of the Pacific Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Plagiotremus goslinei, commonly known as the biting blenny, Gosline's fangblenny, the scale-eating blenny, the Ewa fang blenny, the blue-stripe blenny, or the scale-eating fang blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny. The species epithet honours the American ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Hawaiʻi.