''Plagiotremus spilistius'' is a species of

combtooth blenny 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 tropic ...

found in the eastern

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 ...

ocean. This species reaches a length of SL. It is the

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of the

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Plagiotremus ''Plagiotremus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Plagiotremus azaleus'' ( D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Sabertooth blenny) * ...

''.

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spilistius Fish described in 1865 {{Blenniidae-stub