Petroscirtes
Petroscirtes mitratus Réunion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Blenniidae
Subfamily: Blenniinae
Genus: Petroscirtes
Rüppell, 1830
Type species
Petroscirtes mitratus
Rüppell, 1830[1]
Species

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Synonyms

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.[2] Adults usually inhabit coastal reefs and estuaries to depths of about 10 meters,[3] 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.[4]

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[5]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Petroscirtes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. Casewell et al., 2017, Current Biology 27, 1184–1191 April 24, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.067
  3. Kuiter, Rudie (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidae - Callionymidae. Australia: Zoonetics. pp. 304–622. ISBN 979981880X.
  4. Allen, Gerald (2012). Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Hawaii: Hawaii Distributed Titles. ISBN 9780987260000.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Petroscirtes in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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