Floral blenny

Petroscirtes mitratus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–8 m
Water temperature21–30 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonOccasional

About this species

Petroscirtes mitratus, the floral blenny, floral fangblenny, helmeted blenny, or the crested sabretooth blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL. It is the type species of the genus Petroscirtes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Petroscirtes mitratus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 7 records
March: 13 records
April: 45 records
May: 87 records
June: 9 records
July: 16 records
August: 19 records
September: 24 records
October: 20 records
November: 16 records
December: 20 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–8 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 100 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 109 records
26–28 °C: 192 records
28–30 °C: 112 records

Names and classification

English: Floral blenny, Crested Sabre-tooth, Crested Sabretooth Blenny, floral blenny, Floral Fangblenny, Helmeted Blenny, Highfin Fangblenny, High-finned Blenny, Highfinned Blenny, Miter Blenny

Names in 2 more languages

French: Blennechis à dorsale Èlevée, Blennie florale
Japanese: Hatatategimpo, ハタタテギンポ

Other scientific names: Petrocirtes mitratus, Petroscirtes barbatus, Petroscirtes marmoratus, Petroskirtes barbatus, Petroskirtes marmoratus

Similar species

Blackbanded Blenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Variable sabretooth blenny
Petroscirtes variabilis
Mimic blenny
Aspidontus taeniatus
Black Blenny
Atrosalarias holomelas
Bluespotted Blenny
Blenniella chrysospilos
Blue-dashed rockskipper
Blenniella periophthalmus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
615 open-data records from 1830 to 2023.

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