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Petroscirtes
Petroscirtes is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the western Pacific, and Indian oceans. Some species of this genus have venom that interacts with opioid receptors. Adults usually inhabit coastal reefs and estuaries to depths of about 10 meters, but they can also be found up to 15 meters in depth in sandy and weedy areas among clumps of Sargassum or other seaweeds in coastal and lagoon reefs. They can be found in nests inside small-necked bottles and abandoned worm tubes or shells.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Shorthead Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes breviceps
Brown Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes lupus
Crested Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes mitratus
Yellow Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes fallax
Smooth Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes xestus
Variable Sabretooth Blenny
speciesPetroscirtes variabilis
Petroscirtes ancylodon
speciesPetroscirtes ancylodon
Petroscirtes springeri
speciesPetroscirtes springeri
Petroscirtes marginatus
speciesPetroscirtes marginatus
Twilight Fangblenny
speciesPetroscirtes pylei
Petroscirtes thepassii
speciesPetroscirtes thepassii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90963.