False Cleanerfish

Aspidontus taeniatus

Snout just beyond the mouth.

Size : 12 cm

Habitat : In lagoons and protected outreefs, 1-25 m. Imitator of (mimics) the normal cleanerfish. Bites off pieces of skin, fin parts or scales from other fish. Often in a small burrow during the the day, where its head is visible.

Distribution : Read Sea and East Africa to S Japan, SE Australia and French Polynesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Blenniiformes

FAMILY

:

Blenniidae

GENUS

:

Aspidontus

SPECIES

:

Aspidontus taeniatus

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner