filamentous blenny

Cirripectes filamentosus

Seven Point Five Centimeters Blenny from Taiwanese Waters

Cirripectes filamentosus, the filamentous 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: 7.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: northern Madagascar and Cargados Carajos northward to the southern Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; Andamans Sea to Western Australia, throughout Indo-Australian Archipelago to the Solomon Islands, as far as Taiwan but not on the Pacific Plate.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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