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Smooth Sabretooth Blenny
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Smooth Sabretooth Blenny

Petroscirtes xestus

Petroscirtes xestus, the xestus sabretooth blenny, xestus fangblenny, or the bearded sabretooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL.

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