Meiacanthus grammistes
Striped fang-blenny | Black-banded Blenny | Grammistes Blenny | Line-spot Harp-tail | Line-spot Harptail Blenny | Linespot Fangblenny | Striped Blenny | Striped Poison-fang Blenny
Meiacanthus grammistes, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Meiacanthus grammistes, male, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Meiacanthus grammistes, QLD, Australia, Photo: Joe Shields
Meiacanthus grammistes, adult, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Similar Species
Same Genus
![Meiacanthus sp. [yellow tail]](https://images.reeflifesurvey.com/0/species_3c_575d429654e55.w400.h266.JPG)
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Three broad black stripes from head head to tail breaking into black spots on tail base and tail fin, yellow head grading to white body and white-edged black spot on pectoral fin base. Stripes on similar M. lineatus (Lined Fangblenny) and Petroscirtes fallax (Yellow Sabretooth Blenny) do not end as dots or continue onto tail fin.
Information
Max Size: 11 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.2-31.2°C
Depth: 1-20 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 15.8
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (29.3% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields