Plagiotremus townsendi

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Plagiotremus_townsend.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=Plagiotremus townsendi |volume=2014 |page=e.T46080101A48388953 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46080101A48388953.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Plagiotremus townsendi

| authority = (Regan, 1905)

| synonyms = Petroscirtes townsendi Regan, 1905

}}

Plagiotremus townsendi, Townsend's fangblenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of {{convert|6|cm|in}} TL.{{FishBase species |genus= Plagiotremus|species= townsendi| month = February | year = 2013}}

Diet

This fish feeds on mucus secreted by other fish, according to,{{cite book|last1=Gerking|first1=Shelby D.|title=Feeding Ecology of Fish|date=Apr 25, 2014|publisher=Elsevier|page=286|isbn=9781483288529}} citing Springer and Smith-Vaniz (1972).

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townsendi

Category:Fish described in 1905

Category:Mucous feeding fish

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