Meiacanthus mossambicus

Meiacanthus mossambicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Meiacanthus
Species: M. mossambicus
Binomial name
Meiacanthus mossambicus
J. L. B. Smith, 1959

Meiacanthus mossambicus, the Mozambique fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian ocean where it is known to occur off the coast of eastern Africa as well as Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species is also found in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Meiacanthus mossambicus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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