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title: "Piano Fangblenny"
description: "Plagiotremus tapeinosoma — Fische. The mimic blenny or piano fangblenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, is a blenny of the genus Plagiotremus, with a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution including New Zealand from depths of 8 to 30 metres (26 to 98 ft)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/piano-fangblenny
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Piano Fangblenny

> Plagiotremus tapeinosoma — Fische. The mimic blenny or piano fangblenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, is a blenny of the genus Plagiotremus, with a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution including New Zealand from depths of 8 to 30 metres (26 to 98 ft).

- Scientific name: *Plagiotremus tapeinosoma*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1532
- Wikidata: [Q529898](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529898)
- iNaturalist taxon: [196712](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/196712)

## Names

- en: Piano Fangblenny
- es: Blenio Sable Violeta
- fr: Blennie à dents acérées
- pl: Aspidont wieloplamek

## Countries with the most observations

AU (659), EG (99), NZ (82), FJ (58), NC (45), PF (42), NF (41), JP (38), ZA (26), GU (21), ID (20), KE (18)

## Summary

The mimic blenny or piano fangblenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma, is a blenny of the genus Plagiotremus, with a widespread Indo-Pacific distribution including New Zealand from depths of 8 to 30 metres (26 to 98 ft).  This species reaches a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_blenny

## Photo

![Piano Fangblenny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/piano-fangblenny/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164575202

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/piano-fangblenny?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).