BLENNIIDAE Aspidontus taeniatus, 6.6 cm SL (photo by Richard Winterbottom) Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1834 Cleaner Mimic D X-XII, 26-28; A II, 25-28; P1 13-15; P2 I, 3; V 40-44. Body elongate. Mouth inferior, opening on ventral side. Teeth in jaws small and slender except for a very large recurved canine on lower jaw anteriroly. Gill opening small, gill membranes on both sides separated. Anterior end of dorsal fin elongate in juveniles. Color: variable, longitudinal black stripe on body increasing in width posteriorly, reaching (near) posterior end of caudal fin usually. Size: attaining to 10.5 cm. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea, Andaman Sea, Ryukyu Islands and Papua New Guinea. Remarks: present species mimics the Striped Cleaner Wrasse, Labrioides dimidiatus, and body color of former is variable depending on the local coloration of the model. (Hisashi Imamura)