Adelotremus_leptus

<i>Adelotremus leptus</i>

Adelotremus leptus

Species of fish

Adelotremus leptus is a species of combtooth blenny native to the Red Sea where it is only known from Marsa el At, Egypt. It was caught at a depth of 15 metres (49 ft). It has a slender body.[2] The first specimen, a female, measured 3.54 centimetres (1.39 in) SL, and others have been recorded since.[3] Until 2017 this species was considered to be the only species in the monotypic genus Adelotremus.[4] In 2017 a second species, Adelotremus deloachi was described from Indonesia.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Williams, J.T. (2014). "Adelotremus leptus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T47400952A48368129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T47400952A48368129.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Capuli, Estelita Emily. "Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012". Fishbase. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Snapper, Glasseye. "Red Sea trip report". Wetpixel.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. [4]
    Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Rose, J.M. (2012): Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). Zootaxa,3249: 39–46.
  5. [5]
    William F. Smith-Vaniz (2017). "A new species of the fangblenny Adelotremus from Indonesia, with supplemental description of A. leptus (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini)". Zootaxa. 4258 (2).


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