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Meiacanthus grammistes in Indonesia
Striped poison-fang blenny

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Meiacanthus grammistes   (Valenciennes, 1836)
Family:	Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies)			picture (Megra_u6.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Striped poison-fang blenny
Max. size:	11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment:	reef-associated
Climate:	tropical; 30°N - 24°S
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Western Pacific: Indochina to Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northwestern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. Replaced by Meiacanthus kamoharai in southern Japan.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-28; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 14-16. Identified by the lined pattern on the body that ends in spots on the tail-fin base (Ref. 48636).
Biology:	A solitary species found in sheltered lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 48636). Occasionally several together in close vicinity to each other (Ref. 48636). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205). Several geographical variations and is mimicked by another blenny Petroscirtes breviceps (Ref. 48636). Both fang and venom gland is present (Ref. 57406)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	venomous , Myers, R.F.. 1991
Coordinator:	Williams, Jeffrey T.
Main Ref:	Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
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Indonesia country information
Common names:	Line-spot harptail blenny		Ref:  Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality: Java (Ref. 48636). Known from Flores. Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Bali, Komodo, Manado and vicinity, Togean and Banggai Islands; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sumatra (Ref. 47567). Also Ref. 8631.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Myers, R.F., 1991
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