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''Plagiotremus'' is a genus 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 ...
found throughout the
Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
and
Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Plagiotremus azaleus'' ( D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Sabertooth blenny) * '' Plagiotremus ewaensis'' ( Brock, 1948) (Ewa blenny) * '' Plagiotremus flavus'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 * '' Plagiotremus goslinei'' ( Strasburg, 1956) (Biting blenny) * '' Plagiotremus iosodon'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 * '' Plagiotremus laudandus'' ( Whitley, 1961) (Bicolour fangblenny) * '' Plagiotremus phenax'' Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Imposter fangblenny) * ''
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos ''Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos'', commonly called the bluestriped fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian ocean. This species reaches a length of SL. It is also known as the ''bluestriped blenn ...
'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Plagiotremus spilistius'' T. N. Gill, 1865 * '' Plagiotremus tapeinosoma'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Plagiotremus townsendi'' (
Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1905)
(Townsend's fangblenny)


References

Blenniinae Taxa named by Theodore Gill Marine fish genera {{Blenniidae-stub