Plagiotremus goslinei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Genus: | Plagiotremus |
Species: | P. goslinei
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Binomial name | |
Plagiotremus goslinei (Strasburg, 1956)
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Synonyms | |
Runula goslinei Strasburg, 1956 |
Plagiotremus goslinei, the biting blenny, Gosline's fangblenny, scale-eating blenny or the scale-eating fang blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. This species reaches a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Hawaiʻi.[3]