Description

Also known as Black-banded Blenny, Creamy-striped Blenny, Fang Blenny, Grammistes Blenny, Linespot Fangblenny, Linespot Harptail, Linespot Harptail Blenny, Sabretooth Blenny, Sabre-toothed Blenny, Stripe Blenny, Striped Blenny, Striped Cateye Blenny, Striped Fangblenny.

Found singly or in small loose schools nesting in holes or bottles etc., over sheltered lagoons and seaward reefs. Geographical variations and is also mimicked by Petroscirtes breviceps!
They feed on tiny benthic crustaceans and zooplankton.
Length - 10cm
Depth - 0-20m
Widespread Western Pacific

Combtooth Blennies are the largest family of blennies, found in both tropical and subtropical waters and freshwater habitats, as the name suggests they have comb like teeth lining their jaws.
Sabretooth Blennies have teeth to match their name!
They can be seen darting forward to sever flesh from fishes fins. (can sometimes be seen taking a swipe at divers as well) They will then dart back into their holes out of harm's way.
Some blennies will mimic cleaner wrasses to get close enough for a nip at fish.
A few Sabretooth Blennies are venomous. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Meiacanthus-grammistes