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Red-speckled Blenny

Cirripectes variolosus

Also known as: Banded Fringe Blenny, Red-tipped Fringe Blenny

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@fishx6 · Rarotonga, Cook Islands · August 20171 / 2
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Overview

Found in holes, or sheltering at the bases of branching corals, over exposed seaward 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, well suited for scraping food off hard surfaces!
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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Pacific Ocean
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Found in holes, or sheltering at the bases of branching corals, over exposed seaward reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBlenniiformes
    5. familyBlenniidae
    6. genusCirripectes
    7. speciesCirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836)

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    More in the family

    Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)