Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Slender Sabretooth Blenny
Aspidontus dussumieri
Slender Sabretooth Blenny
Also known as: Lance Blenny
Category: Combtooth Blennies
Scientific Name: Aspidontus dussumieri
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Blenniiformes (Order)
     └Blenniidae (Family) Combtooth Blennies
      └Blenniinae (Subfamily)
       └Aspidontus (Genus)
        └A. dussumieri (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219243🔗
iNaturalist ID: 319547🔗

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