Bearded Sabretooth Blenny
Petroscirtes xestus
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 14 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 54 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records