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Piano fangblenny
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Piano fangblenny
- Scientific
- Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 45 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A slender fangblenny with a dark stripe along the side broken into about 20 oblong blocks, like piano keys, on a pale body. It attacks other fish from behind to bite off skin, mucus and scales, then dives back into the reef, and sometimes makes harmless nips at divers.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Plagiotremus-tapeinosoma.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Plagiotremus_tapeinosoma.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.