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Created 4/27/2018

Family Blenniidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos



Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 8 feet

BLUESTRIPED FANGBLENNY

This blenny mimics cleaner wrasses and feeds by darting at unwary fishes to nip off scales and skin.  It is common on reefs in clear water at scuba depth.  Attains 4.75 inches.  East Africa to Japan and French Polynesia.  Replaced in Hawai'i by the endemic P. ewaensis.