Bluestriped blenny

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth3–28 m
Water temperature18–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos, commonly called the bluestriped fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. It is also known as the bluestriped blenny, bluestriped sabretooth blenny, blunt-nose blenny, cleaner mimic, tube-worm blenny or the two-stripe blenny. They hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Bluestriped fangblenny”, 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: 137 records
February: 134 records
March: 176 records
April: 211 records
May: 174 records
June: 140 records
July: 129 records
August: 141 records
September: 161 records
October: 159 records
November: 168 records
December: 131 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–28 m · Deepest record: 1,000 m

0–10 m: 116 records
10–20 m: 99 records
20–30 m: 76 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 28 records
24–26 °C: 30 records
26–28 °C: 78 records
28–30 °C: 106 records

Photos

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(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) João D'Andretta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

English: Bluestriped blenny, Bluestriped fangblenny, bluestriped blenny, bluestriped fangblenny, Bluestriped Fangblenny, Cleaner Mimic, Tube-worm Blenny, twostripe blenny

Names in 2 more languages

French: Blennie à bandes bleues
Japanese: Minamigimpo, ミナミギンポ

Other scientific names: Aspidontus rhinorhynchops, Aspidontus rhinorhynchos, Petroscirtes amblyrhynchos, Petroscirtes amblyrhynchus, Petroscirtes rhinorhynchos, Petroscirtes rhinorhynchus, Petroscirtes rhynorhynchus, Petroskirtes amblyrhynchos, Petroskirtes rhinorhijnchos, Petroskirtes rhinorhynchos, Plagiotremus rhinorhynchus, Plagiotremus rhinorhyncos, Plagiotremus rhynorhynchus, Plagiotremus rhynorhyncus, Runula amblyrhynchus, Runula rhinorhynchos

Similar species

Bicolor Fangblenny
Plagiotremus laudandus
Piano fangblenny
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
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).
1,874 open-data records from 1852 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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