bluestriped blenny

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos

Mimic cleaner wrasse by changing color

bluestriped blenny is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Plagiotremus
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Knysna, South Africa (Ref. 4404 ) and east to the Line, Marquesan and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Replaced by Plagiotremus ewaensis in the Hawaiian Islands (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

Report a correction