Author: Smith-Vaniz, William F.
Title: Saber-Toothed Blennies, Tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blennidae)
Description: Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1976. First edition. Pp. vii, 196; color frontispiece, 179 text-figures (maps, line-drawings, black-and-white photos, graphs). Original printed pictorial blue stiff wrappers, 4to. A remarkable mimic is seen in the case of the sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus), which mimics the cleaner fish Labroides. By resembling a cleaner fish, it is able to sneak up and bite its prey (from Britannica). Name stamp of Loren P. Woods on the front wrapper, some signs of use. Light wear to wrappers along the spine, a tight copy in very good condition..

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