noun
sabre-toothed blenny; false cleanerfish
A species of combtooth blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus) that mimics the bluestreak cleaner wrasse to approach and bite other fish. The name literally means 'false black-stripe silver treasure'.
ニセクロスジギンポはホンソメワケベラに擬態することで知られている。
The sabre-toothed blenny is known for mimicking the bluestreak cleaner wrasse.
The bluestreak cleaner wrasse, which the sabre-toothed blenny mimics. Unlike the blenny, it actually cleans other fish.
The name is a compound of 偽 (nise, 'false'), 黒筋 (kurosuji, 'black stripe'), and 銀宝 (ginpo, a type of blenny). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it refers to the fish's mimicry of the cleaner wrasse.