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Blenniidae
chestnut blenny
Cirripectes castaneus
Elongated Blenny from Indo West Pacific
- Black
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
SmallCirripectes castaneus, the chestnut eyelash-blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Blennies and Allies
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Genus
- Cirripectes
- Maximum length
- 9.2 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Tonga, north to southern Japan; south to Lord Howe Island; Palau, Ifaluk, and Kapingamarangi in Micronesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
