Variable sabretooth blenny

Petroscirtes variabilis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–135 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsMay and September
How commonRare

About this species

Petroscirtes variabilis, the variable sabretooth blenny, variable fangblenny, or the variable blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 2 records
March: 1 records
April: 4 records
May: 10 records
June: 2 records
July: 6 records
August: 2 records
September: 13 records
October: 1 records
November: 6 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–135 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 18 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 24 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 47 records

Names and classification

English: Variable sabretooth blenny, Sabertooth Blenny, Saber-toothed Blenny, sabretoothed blenny, Variable Blenny, Variable Fangblenny, Variable Sabre-tooth, variable sabretooth blenny, Viper Blenny

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Inugimpo, イヌギンポ

Other scientific names: Dasson variabilis, Petrocirtes variabilis, Petroscirtes eretes, Petroscirtes varibilis, Petroscirtes vulsus, Petroscrites variabilis, Petroskirtes amboinensis, Petroskirtes bankanensis, Petroskirtes solorensis, Salarias viperidens

Similar species

Blackbanded Blenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Floral blenny
Petroscirtes mitratus
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).
155 open-data records from 1849 to 2018.

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