Short-head Sabretooth Blenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Petroscirtes
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 7 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 8 records
- Ulleungdo, South Korea - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 71 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 72 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 6 records