Bluespotted Blenny

Blenniella chrysospilos

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–13 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and August
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Roger Rittmaster · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Blenniella chrysospilos, the red-spotted blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans; it is native to Fiji and the Maldives.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Blenniella chrysospilos”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 26 records
February: 47 records
March: 89 records
April: 74 records
May: 59 records
June: 30 records
July: 36 records
August: 68 records
September: 46 records
October: 58 records
November: 62 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–13 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 130 records
10–20 m: 22 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 60 records
26–28 °C: 118 records
28–30 °C: 143 records

Photos

(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Geoff Shuetrim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Geoff Shuetrim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bluespotted Blenny, Goldspotted Rockskipper, redspotted blenny, Red-spotted Blenny, Redspotted Rockskipper

Names in 3 more languages

French: Blennie à taches rouges
Japanese: Montsuki-kaeru-uo, Montsukikaeruuo, モンツキカエルウオ
Simplified Chinese: 紅點真蛙鳚

Other scientific names: Alticus evermanni, Istiblennius chrysospilos, Istiblennius coronatus, Istiblennius insulinus, Salarias aureopuncticeps, Salarias belemnites, Salarias bryani, Salarias chrysospilos, Salarias coronatus, Salarias unimaculatus

Similar species

Blue-dashed rockskipper
Blenniella periophthalmus
Biliton Blenniella
Blenniella bilitonensis
Lined-tail Blenniella
Blenniella caudolineata
Javanese Rockskipper
Blenniella cyanostigma
Dashed-line Blenny
Blenniella interrupta
Mimic blenny
Aspidontus taeniatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
450 open-data records from 1857 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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