''Aspidontus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the

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Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''

Aspidontus dussumieri ''Aspidontus dussumieri'', the lance blenny or Dussumier's blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours the French people, French explorer and m ...

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, 1836) (Lance blenny) * ''

Aspidontus taeniatus The false cleanerfish (''Aspidontus taeniatus'') is a species of combtooth blenny, a mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of ''Labroides dimidiatus'' (the bluestreak cleaner wrasse), a similarly colored species of cleaner fish, cleaner ...

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, 1834 (False cleanerfish) * ''

Aspidontus tractus ''Aspidontus tractus'' is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean. It reaches the length of fish measurement, TL. It mimics ''Labroides dimidiatus'', the cleaner wrasse, and feeds on the fins of fish that m ...

'' Fowler, 1903

References

Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Blenniinae {{Blenniidae-stub