Lined Fangblenny, Meiacanthus lineatus (De Vis 1884)
Other Names: Yellow-lined Harp-tail, Yellow-lined Harptail Blenny
A Lined Fangblenny, Meiacanthus lineatus, at Cook Island, south of Tweed Heads, New South Wales, June 2011. Source: Ian Shaw / Reef Life Survey. License: CC By Attribution
Summary:
A yellow to whitish fangblenny with three black stripes along the head and body, a black submarginal band on the dorsal fin and a white underside. The Lined Fangblenny is found only on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
Lined Fangblennies have a pair of venomous canines in the lower jaw that are used for protection against predators and to protect the blenny's territory - not for feeding. This species is mimicked by the Yellow Sabretooth Blenny, Petroscirtes fallax, and juvenile Two-line Monocle Bream, Scolopsis bilineata.
Lined Fangblennies have a pair of venomous canines in the lower jaw that are used for protection against predators and to protect the blenny's territory - not for feeding. This species is mimicked by the Yellow Sabretooth Blenny, Petroscirtes fallax, and juvenile Two-line Monocle Bream, Scolopsis bilineata.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2021, Meiacanthus lineatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Jul 2021, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4739
Lined Fangblenny, Meiacanthus lineatus (De Vis 1884)
References
Smith-Vaniz, W. F., Satapoomin, U. & Allen, G.R. 2001. Meiacanthus urostigma, a new fangblenny from the northeastern Indian Ocean, with discussion and examples of mimicry in species of Meiacanthus (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5(1): 25-43 See ref online
