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Petroscirtes xestus in life
In life — Smooth Sabretooth Blenny, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Wayne and Pam Osborn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Wayne and Pam Osborn
BPBM 33609Ichthyology

Petroscirtes xestus

Smooth Sabretooth Blenny

As recorded: Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale, 1906

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Blenniidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall, M.L. Kulbicki, P.J. Doherty, et alPeter J. Doherty →Michel L. Kulbicki →Johnson Randall →
Date
August 22, 1988
Locality
Chesterfield Islands; lagoon; SE corner; small patch reef
Region
New Caledonia
Coordinates
-19.8917, 158.4680
Depth
15 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
13 Bishop specimens of Petroscirtes xestus · collected 1955–2005Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 22, 1988, J.E. Randall, M.L. Kulbicki, P.J. Doherty, et al also collected 18 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Petroscirtes xestus. BPBM 33609. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37979609. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/33609.

Record sources