''Adelotremus'' is a small
genus
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of
combtooth blennies
Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known species in 58 genera. Combtooth blennies are found in tropica ...
which are found in the
Indo-Pacific
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region. The name of the genus is a compound of the
Greek ''Adelos'' meaning "concealed" and ''trema'' meaning "hole", this was coined to reflect that the
type
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of ''Adelotremus leptus'' was discovered hiding in a tube made by a
polychaete.
Species
There are currently two species recognised in the genus ''Adelotremus'':
* ''
Adelotremus deloachi''
Smith-Vaniz, 2017 Spotfin fangblenny
* ''
Adelotremus leptus''
Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012
References
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Blenniinae
Taxa named by William Farr Smith-Vaniz