Filamentous Blenny (species: Cirripectes filamentosus) in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Cirripectes filamentosus
Filamentous Blenny


©zsispeo on Flickr: Filamentous Blenny (Cirripectes filamentosus), Egypt

©zsispeo on Flickr: Filamentous Blenny (Cirripectes filamentosus), Reunion Island

©Julien Renoult

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Blenniidae
Genus Cirripectes
Species Cirripectes filamentosus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 7.5 cm (Standard length)

Depth range

  • Up to 20 m and averaging 7 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

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.

Adults are usually are found on coral or rocky reefs. (Fishbase)

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