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Bony fish

Lady Musgrave Blenny

Cirripectes chelomatus

Also known as: Coral Blenny, Reef Blenny, Rock Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
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Overview

Found singly, pairs, or small schools, over shallow, coral and rocky reefs.

Combtooth Blennies are the largest family of blennies, found in both tropical and subtropical waters and freshwater habitats, as the name suggests they have comb like teeth lining their jaws.
Reef and rock blennies are usually territorial and have their own areas of rock pools which they skip and jump over, scraping algae from the surface of dead corals. Some male blennies have small harems of arguing females.
Males and females often have different colouring and features.

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How to identify

Pattern
red spots

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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Found singly, pairs, or small schools, over shallow, coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusCirripectes
    7. speciesCirripectes chelomatus Williams & Maugé, 1984

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)