Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) is a animal in the Blenniidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)
Plagiotremus laudandus is a species of combtooth blenny found in western Pacific coral reefs that mimics Meiacanthus atrodorsalis.
Plagiotremus laudandus, which has the common names bicolour fangblenny, false harptail-blenny, poison-fang blenny mimic, yellow-tailed blenny, and yellowtail fangblenny mimic, is a species of combtooth blenny. It can be found living on coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a total length of 8 centimetres (3.1 inches). It acts as a Batesian mimic of the blenny species Meiacanthus atrodorsalis.
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Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880)
Alticus monochrus Bleeker, 1869
Glyptoparus delicatulus Smith, 1959
Hypsoblennius hentz (Lesueur, 1825)
Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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