Xiphasia setifer

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Other uses|Snake blenny (disambiguation){{!}}Snake blenny}}

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| image =Garden Eel.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, J.T. |date=2014 |title=Xiphasia setifer |volume=2014 |page=e.T46080159A48402209 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T46080159A48402209.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Xiphasia

| species = setifer

| authority = Swainson, 1839Swainson, W. 1839: [https://books.google.com/books?id=JB5CAAAAcAAJ&q=xiphasia The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals.] Spottiswoode & Co., London. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 2: i-vi + 1-448.>

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Xiphasia setifer, the hairtail blenny or the snake blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. This species reaches {{convert|53|cm|in|abbr=on}} in SL and is the longest species of combtooth blenny. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.{{FishBase species |genus= Xiphasia|species= setifer| month = February | year = 2013}}