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'.
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.
Standard katakana spelling for this fish name.
Ateji kanji spelling; very rare and not normally used. The word is usually written in katakana.
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.