After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Nemophidini (saber-toothed blennies) [5/48] |--o Aspidontus | |-- A. dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) (Lance blenny) | `--o A. taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (valepuhdistajakala; False cleanerfish)) | |-- A. t. taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (False cleanerfish) | `-- A. t. tractus Fowler, 1903 |-- Meiacanthus [22] |--o Petroscirtes [10] | |-- P. ancylodon Rüppell, 1835 (Arabian fangblenny) | |-- P. breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836) (Striped poison-fang blenny mimic) | |-- P. fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Deceiver fangbelly) | |-- P. lupus (De Vis, 1885) (Wolf fangbelly) | |-- P. marginatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | |-- P. mitratus Rüppell, 1830 (Floral blenny) | |-- P. springeri Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | |-- P. thepassii (Bleeker, 1853) (Thepas' sabretooth blenny) | |-- P. variabilis Cantor, 1849 (Variable sabretooth blenny) | `-- P. xestus Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Xestus sabretooth blenny) |--o Plagiotremus [9] | |-- P. azalea (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Sabertooth blenny) | |-- P. ewaensis (Brock, 1948) (Ewa blenny) | |-- P. goslinei (Strasburg, 1956) (Biting blenny) | |-- P. laudandus (Whitley, 1961) (Bicolour fangblenny) | |-- P. phenax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Imposter fangblenny) | |-- P. rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) (Bluestriped fangblenny) | |-- P. spilistius Gill, 1865 | |-- P. tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Piano fangblenny) | `-- P. townsendi (Regan, 1905) (Townsend's fangblenny) `--o Xiphasia [Nemophis] |-- X. matsubarai Okada & Suzuki, 1952 (Japanese snake blenny) `-- X. setifer Swainson, 1839 (Hairtail blenny)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600