Species Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1850
Variable Sabretooth Blenny, Saber-toothed Blenny, Sabertooth Blenny, Variable Fangblenny, Variable Sabre-tooth, Viper Blenny
- Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, T.E. 1850. Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18(2): 983-1443 pls 1-14 [dated 1849] [1182].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1860.3.19.427-428 (syntypes found subsequent to the designation of a neotype CAS(SU) 67355 by Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179 [44]), Sea of Penang, Singapore (as Pinang). - Salarias viperidens De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 685-698 [697].
Type data:
Lectotype QM I.104, Somerset, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) QM I.104; AM I.423.Subsequent designation references:
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179 [50].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179 [44]
Generic Combinations
- Dasson viperidens (De Vis, 1884). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] - Petroscirtes viperidens (De Vis, 1884). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [342]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cobourg Peninsula, NT (132°20'E) to Hayman Island, QLD (20°03'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [342] (also as Petroscirtes viperidens)
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1987. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blenniidae): an update. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 139: 1-52 figs 1-29
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] (1887, as Dasson viperidens)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [440] (Sabertooth Blenny)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [241] (Variable Sabre-tooth)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [328] (Variable Sabretooth Blenny)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [387] (Saber-toothed Blenny, Viper Blenny)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [371] (Variable Fangblenny)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Variable Sabretooth Blenny)
History of changes
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| 01-Feb-2013 | 01-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |