Biology:Aspidontus tractus

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Short description: Species of fish

Aspidontus tractus
Aspidontus tractus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Aspidontus
Species:
A. tractus
Binomial name
Aspidontus tractus
Fowler, 1903
Synonyms
  • Blennechis filamentosus Valenciennes, 1836
  • Aspidontus filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Aspidontus tractus is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean.[2] It reaches the length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It mimics Labroides dimidiatus, the cleaner wrasse, and feeds on the fins of fish that mistake it for the cleaner wrasse. Eggs are laid in clusters below the surface.[2]

Aspidontus tractus.

References

  1. Williams, J.T. (2014). "Aspidontus tractus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T48342166A48396835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342166A48396835.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48342166/48396835. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Aspidontus tractus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2725609 entry