Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830 is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830
Petroscirtes mitratus is a combtooth blenny found in Indo-Pacific coral reefs, growing up to 8.5 cm long.
Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830 is a species of combtooth blenny. It is commonly known by multiple common names: the floral blenny, floral fangblenny, helmeted blenny, and crested sabretooth blenny. This species is found living on coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It reaches a maximum total length of 8.5 centimetres, which is equal to 3.3 inches. It is the designated type species of the genus Petroscirtes.
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Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Parablennius parvicornis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1885)
Salarias alboguttatus Kner, 1867
Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956)
Microlipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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