Plagiotremus goslinei

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Blenniidae/Plagiotremus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 584

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Plagiotremus goslinei's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 402 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 182 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 584 records

01Narrative

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 cm SL. The specific name honours the American ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Hawai‘i.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length6.35 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonereef-associated

Uses & economy1

Commercial importancecommercial

Other traits3

Depth max15 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 584 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 507

Museum / vouchered77

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 760 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1 173

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 11 m · max 30 m · 1 173 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 068≤1 km 1 395≤10 km 1>10 km 25

2 489 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 507

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 13≤10 km 1

15 georeferenced · 62 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence77

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
Washington, US	1
Chicago, US	1

5 institutions · 8 of 77 vouchered records shown · 57 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Uses & economy1

Other traits3

Record type2 584 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 5 geolocated

Record type2 584 records