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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae
Etymology: Plagiotremus: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Frederick William Townsend (1887–1948) was Captain of the Indian cable-ship ‘Patrick Stewart’, which he used for dredging as well as repairing telegraph cables in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 7 - 55 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2272)

Adults inhabit coral reefs. Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114). They mimic Meiacanthus nigrolineatus (Ref. 9710).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1987. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Bleniidae): an update. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 139:1-52. (Ref. 7401)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 March 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.8 - 29.3, mean 27.1 °C (based on 188 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 188 [94, 361] mg/100g; Iron = 1.04 [0.59, 1.82] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [17.1, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.123 [0.064, 0.235] g/100g; Selenium = 27.3 [11.9, 63.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 241 [85, 709] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.99 [1.25, 2.93] mg/100g (wet weight);

Plagiotremus townsendi (Regan, 1905)