Meiacanthus fraseri
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Meiacanthus fraseri is a species of combtooth blenny
found in the western Indian ocean
, around Cargados Carajos
. It was first named by Smith-Vaniz in 1976, and can reach a maximum length of 5.4 centimetres.
Combtooth blenny
Combtooth blennies are blennioids; perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae. They are the largest family of blennies, with approximately 371 species in 53 genera represented...
found in the western Indian ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, around Cargados Carajos
Cargados Carajos
Cargados Carajos Shoals are a group of about 16 small islands and islets on an extended reef in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mauritius. The islands have a total land area of 1.3 km². The reef measures more than 50 km from north to south, and is 5 km wide, cut by three passes. The...
. It was first named by Smith-Vaniz in 1976, and can reach a maximum length of 5.4 centimetres.